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   PrepDisk - version 3.52
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To create the prepdisk bootable DOS floppy, enter the commands:
      
      PREPDISK


This should be used to prepare a disk for NT installation when the
disk was on a foreign disk controller, or was used for a UNIX OS, or 
is corrupted.  Option D should also be used to set the capacity and mode 
pages if a new disk is received from a generic source.

NOTE: Use option M for Mylex PL and PG adapters.  If you have a
Mylex PG adapter, you can optionally use option D, if you first
run A:MYLEXPG.BAT on the diskette and then boot to it.

When the PrepDisk diskette boots, you will have the following options:
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* PREPDISK: Preparing your hard disk for NT
* Enter one of the following letters and press Enter.
* If you have further questions call 1-800-GOWINNT.
*
* D - set Disk mode pages via MDSELECT over various adapters.
*     Each disk has its own MDF file with its settings.
*     DO NOT use this with drives that are part of an external
*     disk array.  This tool runs with NCR, BusLogic, Adaptec
*     or AMI SCSI adapters.
*
* M - set disk mode pages via DACUTIL over the Mylex DAC960 adapter
*     This sets all mode pages based on the MDF files, just like 'D'.
*
* C - to clean the partition information on drive C,
*     so that it is ready to install Windows NT.
*     Example:  If you have an NCR 53C710 SCSI adapter and
*     you are converting a disk from UNIX format to NT.
*
* S - to rewrite the NT Boot Sector if it was corrupted.
*
* B - to invoke the BusLogic SCSI BIOS menu, which includes
*     a low-level SCSI format function.  ONLY for BusLogic adapters.
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CHANGE HISTORY

10/20/99 3.52 - st118202 changed from 021eb38F to 021eb390
10/11/99 3.51 - config.ami created for AMI adapters.  AMI & Adaptec
                aspi drivers can't both run simultaneously.
10/08/99 3.50 - added aspi8xx.sys for Sym8xx (S50),
                added aspi8u2.sys for Adaptec (S24),
                config.sym supports Sym8xx driver.
 7/14/99 3.43 - added ST318275 & ST39175L 
 7/09/99 3.42 - changed mdselect.exe to v3.08 for ST34572N
 7/01/99 3.41 - added st34572n.mdf, updated megaspi.sys, 
                changed m.bat to use dacutil MDF (new).
 6/18/99 3.40 - change config.sys, add config.pl & mylexpg.bat
 6/17/99 3.39 - change st32171w for page 7 retries, add config.pl
 6/01/99 3.38 - change st34573w,st34572w to Generic 4.3G capacity.
 5/17/99 3.37 - make st34573l.mdf default to Generic 4.3G capacity.
 5/11/99 3.36 - added st34573l.gen for Generic 4.3G capacity (rename to use)
                changed mdselect.exe (v3.07) to added inquiry logging.
 4/02/99 3.35 - fixed mdselect.exe (v3.06) for another cap display err >4GB,
                fixed some *.mdf files that tried to set page 00 or 80.
 version 3.34 - fixed mdselect.exe (v3.05) to display correct capacity if >2GB.
 version 3.33 - added st34501w st118202 st19101w st39173l st118273
 Version 3.32 - changed ST39140W to turn on ARRE/AWRE (assume fw 1493).
 Version 3.31 - added ST34573L, changed ST15150 & ST32550 for geometry
                changed ST39140W to turn off ARRE/AWRE.
 Version 3.30 - added ST34502L, added AMI driver to config.sys
 Version 3.24 - Changed more drives to turn off SMART, added Mylex option.
 Version 3.23 - added ST39140W and ST34520W mdf files, turning off SMART.
 Version 3.22 - added ST34573W mdf file.
 Version 3.21 - added ST39201L and ST39173W mdf files
 Version 3.20 - added full Mylex DAC960 support with aspidacn.sys
 Version 3.13 - changed retry count to 0c for ST15150, ST32550, ST34572,
                and updated adaptec drivers.
 Version 3.12 - added limited Mylex disk support via DACUTIL
 Version 3.11 - disabled SMART (page 1c,byte 3) on ST19171, ST32171 also.
 Version 3.10 - corrected mode pages for ST32272, ST34572, ST19171
 Version 3.09 - fixed block descriptor for ST32272, ST34371, ST32171
 Version 3.08 - added ST32171W.MDF and ST32272W.MDF
 Version 3.07 - added ST19171W.MDF 
 Version 3.06 - changed ST34371W.MDF for optimum read retries (from 52 to 0c)
 Version 3.05 - added ST34371W.MDF and ST34572W.MDF to disable SMART (04->00).
 Version 3.04 - Updated the mdselect.exe to v4.0
 Version 3.03 - Added st31230n.mdf for Seagate 1GB Hawk drives,
                added st15150w.bwc for enabling write cache (08 12 10->14),
                The original settings are in st15150w.org & st15150w.mdf,
                To enable write cache, copy st15150w.bwc to st15150w.mdf.
 Version 3.02 - changed b.bat for BusLogic Firmware menus for keyboard
                redirection problem.
                Added more Conner and Seagate *.mdf files.
 Version 3.01 - Added a new mdselect.exe to fix a problem with not 
                recognizing the 2nd dsp3107ls on a 3430.
                Added a new SCSITSR for NCR, BusLogic, & Adaptec SCSI cards.

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Disk MDF files contained on PREPDISK (option D or M):
7213b.mdf
7213scsi.mdf
942417.mdf
cfa540s.mdf
cfp1080e.mdf
cfp1080s.mdf
cfp2107e.mdf
cfp2107s.mdf
cfp2107w.mdf
cfp4207e.mdf
cfp4207s.mdf
cfp4207w.mdf
cp30540.mdf
cp3100.mdf
dsp3105s.mdf
dsp3107l.mdf
dsp3210s.mdf
els127s.mdf
els170s.mdf
els85s.mdf
lp105s.mdf
lp120s.mdf
lp240s.mdf
lps52s.mdf
lxt213s.mdf
lxt340s.mdf
lxt535s.mdf
st118202.mdf
st118273.mdf
st15150n.mdf
st15150w.mdf
st157n.mdf
st19101w.mdf
st19171w.mdf
st31230n.mdf
st32171w.mdf
st32272n.mdf
st32272w.mdf
st32430n.mdf
st32550n.mdf
st32550w.mdf
st3390n.mdf
st34371w.mdf
st34501w.mdf
st34502l.mdf
st34520w.mdf
st34572n.mdf
st34572w.mdf
st34573l.mdf
st34573w.mdf
st3610n.mdf
st39102l.mdf
st39140w.mdf
st39173l.mdf
st39173w.mdf
st4767.mdf
xt8760s.mdf

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PrepDisk Errors
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For Option D, which runs the MDSELECT tool for disks, there are 
several things to check:
  If there is no error message the operation completed successfully.
  If the error message said "INCOMPLETE" for a given drive, check the error 
     log file on the floppy, named "mdselect.rpt".
  If the error occurred in changing the capacity, it may have already had 
     the capacity changed.
  You can run the program as "a:mdselect" without the /a option to see more 
     verbose messages, and require operator action for each drive.
  The current version of PREPDISK/D supports Mylex adapters, but only
     one channel, not both.  Use option M for both Mylex channels.

If you have problems with some NCR SCSI adapters (e.g. 53c9x), you can use
the older SCSITSR0.EXE instead of SCSITSR.EXE for those adapters.

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