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Document ID: PMYS-3JYN93

Aptiva - 2136 Firmware upgrade for 2.1GB hard disk drives

Applicable to: World-Wide

P/N Disk21gb

Description This is a firmware upgrade for the 2.1 GB Seagate Drives in some 2136 system units. Apply this file if ScanDisk is reporting errors such as lost clusters, bad sectors, etc... It will not change the firmware on a NON-Seagate Drive.

P/N Disk21gb

Name & Size (bytes) Disk21gb.exe : 316988 disk21gb.txt : 1829

WWW URL(s) ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/aptiva/disk21gb.exe ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/aptiva/disk21gb.txt

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This document was archived on the database - PC Service Info Archive 1998/2 -- Replica ID : 802565E7004DC09A

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Disk Release Date:	17-07-97
Disk Version/Release:
Additional Information:	1. Click on the file link. 2. Save as file name, "Disk21gb.exe" and select drive "C" . Choose OK. This will download the file to your hard disk. 3. At a DOS or OS/2 prompt type "Disk21gb". This command will explode the file from the hard drive to a floppy disk. Follow the prompts and insert a floppy disk into drive A. This file creates a bootable floppy diskette. After the diskette is created, reboot the machine by clicking on Start, Shutdown, Restart the Computer. Click OK. After the diskette completes the update, remove the diskette and reboot.

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	Disk Category	Hard Drives, Firmware Updates
	Date Created	14-07-97
	Last Updated	27-01-99
	Revision Date	27-01-2000
	Brand	IBM Aptiva
	Product Family	Aptiva
	Machine Type	2136
	Model	E61; E46; E54; E51; E65; E66; E15; E45; E40
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