inm501@csc.anu.edu.au (12/27/90)
I had 7 dead floopies died in a day in the sense that after I copied files off them and asked my HD drive to erase it, it says INITIALIZATION FAILED. Last night, I tried FastFormat 3.0 on them. It complains that it is having some problems and asks me whether I would like to continue. I say yes and I seem to have my disk back. But...I don't think I want to put anything on those disk again. Ida
inm501@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (inm501) (12/27/90)
Reply-To: inm501@csc.anu.edu.au
I had 7 dead floopies died in a day in the sense that after I
copied files off them and asked my HD drive to erase it, it says
INITIALIZATION FAILED. Last night, I tried FastFormat 3.0 on them.
It complains that it is having some problems and asks me whether
I would like to continue. I say yes and I seem to have my disk back.
But...I don't think I want to put anything on those disk again.
Ida
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INTERNET: inm501@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORGwilde@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Nick Wilde) (12/28/90)
I take my old floppies that fail to initialize on my Mac IIcx with superdrive, and stick 'em in a Mac II with the old (non-superdrive) disk drives in it. They initialize fine there, and work in both machines again with no problem.... Don't ask me why, all I know is it works. -Nick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Wilde wilde@boulder.colorado.edu
Nick.Wilde@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Nick Wilde) (12/28/90)
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I take my old floppies that fail to initialize on my Mac IIcx
with superdrive, and stick 'em in a Mac II with the old (non-superdrive)
disk drives in it. They initialize fine there, and work in
both machines again with no problem....
Don't ask me why, all I know is it works.
-Nick
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INTERNET: Nick.Wilde@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORGtonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu (Anthony Rich) (12/29/90)
Ida writes: > I had 7 floppies die in a day in the sense that after I > copied files off them and asked my HD drive to erase it, it says > INITIALIZATION FAILED. Last night, I tried FastFormatter 3.0 on them. > It complains that it is having some problems and asks me whether > I would like to continue. I say yes and I seem to have my disk back. Careful! The floppy will mount on the desktop as though it were okay, but the bad sectors are *still bad*. When FastFormatter says it's "having some problems", it's finding bad sectors. If you press "Continue" it just skips them and keeps formatting the good ones. To *really* fix the floppy, after using FastFormatter 3.0 and its "Continue" option, use a utility like SUM Tuneup to lock out the bad sectors. -- Tony -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EMAIL: tonyrich@.cs.wisc.edu | Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. | | The essence of learning is repetition. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony.Rich@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Anthony Rich) (12/29/90)
Reply-To: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu Ida writes: > I had 7 floppies die in a day in the sense that after I > copied files off them and asked my HD drive to erase it, it says > INITIALIZATION FAILED. Last night, I tried FastFormatter 3.0 on them. > It complains that it is having some problems and asks me whether > I would like to continue. I say yes and I seem to have my disk back. Careful! The floppy will mount on the desktop as though it were okay, but the bad sectors are *still bad*. When FastFormatter says it's "having some problems", it's finding bad sectors. If you press "Continue" it just skips them and keeps formatting the good ones. To *really* fix the floppy, after using FastFormatter 3.0 and its "Continue" option, use a utility like SUM Tuneup to lock out the bad sectors. -- Tony -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I EMAIL: tonyrich@.cs.wisc.edu I Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. I I The essence of learning is repetition. I -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept -- Anthony Rich - via FidoNet node 1:105/14 UUCP: ...!{uunet!glacier, ..reed.bitnet}!busker!226!20!Anthony.Rich INTERNET: Anthony.Rich@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG