rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson) (06/05/89)
I received my MacSE/30 several weeks ago and, overall, I have been quite pleased. I have however begun to see what I think is a problem with the High Density Floppy Drive. The drive appears to work fine when using single or double density (400k and 800k) floppies. But when I format a HD floppy, about 50% of the time, the floppy that I formatted either: 1) Loses a couple of files in copying to it. ie. cant be written to. 2) When reinserted into the drive at a later date, the floppy cant be read. I have tried Memorex, Sony, 3M and Polaroid diskettes, all appear to have the same problem. I have also made sure that the media is kept away from all Magnetic sources (speakers, telephones, etc.), dust, dirt and liquids. Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions? Any and all help greatly appreciated. Post or mail, I _do_ read this group regularly. ___________________________________________________________ Randy Thompson uunet!smsdpg!rht SMS Data Products Group, Inc. - or - 703/648-9400 rht@smsdpg.UUCP ___________________________________________________________
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (06/09/89)
In article <335@smsdpg.uu.net> rht@smsdpg.UUCP (Randy Thompson) writes:
<I have however begun to see
<what I think is a problem with the High Density Floppy
<Drive. The drive appears to work fine when using single
<or double density (400k and 800k) floppies. But when I
<format a HD floppy, about 50% of the time, the floppy
<that I formatted either:
<
< 1) Loses a couple of files in copying to it.
< ie. cant be written to.
<
< 2) When reinserted into the drive at a later date,
< the floppy cant be read.
<
<Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?
I haven't tried the high density disks yet, but I think it's funny that
three of my new Kao diskettes have been tossed aside as bad when I never
had a problem with any diskette on any other Mac yet. While copying 8-10
files at a time, one of them would not copy (read error). I continued and
later could sometimes drag that one file to the diskette anyways. When
it would no longer copy that way, I tried to erase the disk. Initialization
fails. I keep meaning to bring the disks to work and format them on the
Mac II. I bet they're OK.
Shirley Kehramir@wayzata.tricord.MN.ORG (Amir Vafaei) (06/14/89)
In article <335@smsdpg.uu.net> rht@smsdpg.UUCP (Randy Thompson) writes: >I received my MacSE/30 several weeks ago and, overall, >I have been quite pleased. I have however begun to see >what I think is a problem with the High Density Floppy >Drive. ............. Text deleted ......... >___________________________________________________________ >Randy Thompson uunet!smsdpg!rht >SMS Data Products Group, Inc. - or - >703/648-9400 rht@smsdpg.UUCP >___________________________________________________________ I have had several problems with my HDFD also. Most of the problems I have seen have been related to formatting of the floppy disks. Out of 2 fresh boxes of disks that I tried to format, I have been unable to format 6 of the disks. 3 of them failed the first time, but after I reinserted the disk and initialized it, it was "successful"... --- - Amir Vafaei @ Tricord Systems - ...{bungia | quest}!tricord!amir / amir@tricord.MN.ORG
cwv90332@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (06/22/89)
On a similar note, I have had more than a few such experiences with my IIcx. It occurs mostly when formating 720K diskettes. I get the Initialization error 10x more frequently than I did on my SE. I am using a whole bunch of different floppies (Sony, KOA, and others), the same types I have always used. Also I get far more disk is unreadable messages with my HDFD. My IIcx is about 6-weeks old and I had my SE for two years. I am wondering if the new drives are more sensitive to the quality of the media, are more subject to misalignment, or what?!? I have never had a problem with a floppy which has been mounted (e.g. disk writing or reading errors), just in formatting and mounting the disks. Anyone else have similar experiences. BTW congrats Apple on my IIcx couldn't be happier. Chris Velkover University of Illinois UC cwv90332@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu