n8541751@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Where there is darkness, light) (01/24/91)
A friend of mine has an XT compatible computer with a 5.25" floppy drive. The drive seems to work as expected, except that it won't format the last 5 sectors of any disk. (The disks format fine on other machines). Anyone have any ideas on what's wrong and/or how to fix it? The drive is about 3 years old, and hasn't been used much at all. It has always had this problem. Thanks, Kris Bruland. -- Kriston M. Bruland | . . . . . . . . . . n8541751@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu | . . . . . . . . . 8541751@nessie.cc.wwu.edu | . . . . . .
johnlee@pnet07.cts.com (John Wiley) (01/24/91)
Interesting problem. Are you saying that it will write data to the last 5 Sectors of a disk formatted on another drive, but just not format them? UUCP: nosc!pnet07!johnlee (John Wiley - San Diego, CA.) ARPA: simasd!pnet07!johnlee@nosc.mil INET: johnlee@pnet07.cts.com