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Best way to figure out CF geometry

boggit

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Is there a good utility for modern windows (10 preferably) that can be used with a USB compact flash drive to determine the geometry (sectors, heads and cylinders) of a CF card?

I have tried using biosdrvs and ideinfo on my vintage 386 system (using a cf->ide adapter attached to the i/o card) but I can only get that to work if I first enter the correct geometry info in CMOS setup, creating something of a catch-22 for me.

For now, I have to unpack and set up my XT system and run biosdrvs with the CF card attached to the XT-CF Lite card to find out the correct info. It would be way more convenient to determine it on my modern system.
 
This thread might be better suited for the "Vintage Computer Software" forum. Maybe some mod/admin could move it?
 
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