Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family group photo

Yahoo Groups archive

Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Index last updated: 2026-04-29 00:03 UTC

Message

Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Error Message When using Disk Drive : "Disk Error : Bad Device ID"

2013-06-13 by Rob Rosenbrock

Another thought occurs to me... How are your technical skills?

I'm questioning whether the floppy drive has seen much use, or what
environments it may have been in. The heads might be dirty, or there might
be actual dust in the drive. If the attempt at formatting a disk doesn't
work, I'd advise giving the drive a cleaning; possibly with a shot of air.

> Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum having just acquired a VFX-SD.
>
> I am enjoying using it and exploring it's odd menus, but am unable to load
> the sequencer thanks to the following error when I click 'Load':
>
> "Disk Error : Bad Device ID"
>
> Is this because the disk drive needs replacing or is it more likely that
> it's just the one single disk i have is corrupted?
>
> Has anyone else seen this error?
>
> I thank you for your help!
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.