kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (08/24/90)
Like everyone else I was blaming my FDHD for disk errors. I'd get the "Error reading file" message (even though it was writing). Like others, at first I tried to initialize the floppy and often that failed and that's when you toss the diskette as bad (unless you have an IBM that can reformat it as a DOS diskette). Someplace along the line I found that just changing the directory structure on the floppy usually makes it possible to complete the file transfer. For example, if the file won't copy, I can make a new folder on the floppy and copy the file into that folder. Or, vice versa, if I was trying to copy the file into a folder on the floppy, I just copy it to the root of the floppy and then move it into the folder later. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm able to save a lot more floppies that way. Doesn't it suggest something other than hardware problems? Or is it possible to get past a bad spot on the floppy in this manner that you can't get past using the first copy procedure? I'd be interested in any insights on what is happening. Shirley Kehr
andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) (08/25/90)
In article <150469@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes: >Like everyone else I was blaming my FDHD for disk errors. I'd get the >"Error reading file" message (even though it was writing). .... > >Someplace along the line I found that just changing the directory >structure on the floppy usually makes it possible to complete the >file transfer. .... > >Has anyone else experienced this? I'm able to save a lot more floppies >that way. Doesn't it suggest something other than hardware problems? >Or is it possible to get past a bad spot on the floppy in this manner >that you can't get past using the first copy procedure? I've been noticing a similar behavior. I've found that almost every floppy I attempt to read fails on one of the last files. I thought that perhaps the drive is simply not making it to the last track(s). Most disks won't format in my FDHD drive. I'm beginning to think that perhaps the problem is the head is not able to access the last track. I'm not sure if this is due to hardware (either physical fatigue or alignment), firmware in the Sony drive, or even software in the Apple driver. I've been hearing increasing stories of failing FDHD drives, especially in IIcx's. Is there anyone at Apple who would care to admit if there really is a widespread problem with these drives? I'd sure like to get this fixed, but I'm afraid that simply replacing the drive won't do it! Andy Peterman treehouse!andyp@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com