scheer@cell.mot.COM (Jon Scheer) (02/02/90)
In article <1034@hazel7.UUCP>, scheer@cell.mot.COM (Jon Scheer) writes: > > - After the machine boots, if I put a formatted disk into > the 3.5" drive and do a directory, the drive is accessed but I > get a "Sector not found" (or "Read failure", I think) error message. Well, I messed around with the 3.5" drive again last night. I noticed the error message was not "Sector not found", but "Not ready on drive..." message. > 2. Could it be that I need MSDos 3.3 ? (This will soon be > verified; I'm 'borrowing' a copy to see if that clears up anything. > Something tells me that I've tried it before, though.) I got two slightly different copies of MSDos 3.3 last night and both yielded the same results: No change. I get the same problems as I got with MSDos 3.2 and PC-Dos 3.2. Help! Please?? ;-) Jon 2/1/90 ...{uunet | mcdchg}!amtfocus!outback!wombat <-- Home ...{uunet | mcdchg | gatech | att}!motcid!scheer <-- Work amtfocus!outback!wombat@UUNET.UU.NET or F1JON@ISUMVS.BITNET <-- Bitnet amtfocus!outback!wombat@chg.mcd.mot.com <-- Internet "I believe the phrase rhymes with 'Clucking bell'..." - Black Adder 4