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Jim re: > Wonder if the UNIT 1 part is why HDToolBox can't see ANY hard disk? I believe your harddrive has two cables going from the 2090 to it, right? If so it is an MFM not a SCSI. The UNIT 1 refers to the fact that these type controllers can only support two drives. I assume it is in fact either a 2090A or a 2090 with the little kludge board installed to upgrade it so it can autoboot, since you don't say you have to boot from floppy. What to do? Well, you could add another drive of the same kind to the system by daisy-chaining the wide cable to it and adding a 2nd smaller cable from the card to the 2nd drive. They are quite inexpensive now. It is normally advised to get another drive of the same manufacturer to avoid incompatibilities or be sure you are well advised. You probably will need to get a two drive cable for the wide cable. HDToolBox is a SCSI tool, it can't see MFM or IDE drives. You will need to use the software that comes with the 2090A to lowlevel format and partition. Good luck with your upgrade. Tom Oklahoma City, OK