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Re: [disklavier] All disks show as unformatted

2002-03-22 by Carol Beigel

Sounds like your floppy disk drive broke.  Did your kids use your piano 
while you were away?  Did someone put a floppy in backwards?  Or did the 
metal jacket cover come off in the drive?

Try cleaning the floppy drive with a disk cleaner, but if that does not 
work, you probably need a new floppy drive.  Also, try another disk.  
Sometimes even the PianoSoft disks go bad.

Carol Beigel



>From: Josiah Hoskins <drjoho@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: Disklavier Group <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [disklavier] All disks show as unformatted
>Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:33:22 -0600
>
>I just purchase a 1997 C1 Disklavier (DKC100R).
>
>The piano sounds excellent and all was well with the Disklavier.
>Then I went on a trip for a couple of days and upon my return
>I find that my Disklavier does not appear to read disks anymore.
>Whatever disk that I put in (including the PianoSoft example disk)
>the Disklavier reports that the disk is unformatted (which is untrue).
>
>Also, if I try to format a disk (of course a 2DD disk) it goes through
>the motions (i.e., counting down from 80 to 01 - note it does not show
>00) and then it reports "CANNOT FORMAT DISK".
>
>Has anyone seen this behavior?
>
>I am guessing that it is a malfunctioning floppy disk. Other suggestions?
>
>Regards,
>Josiah Hoskins
>Austin, Texas


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