The service tech came and yes the floppy disk is broken. The bottom head is well "trashed". He will order one and hopefully all will be well. Josiah ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Beigel <carolrpt@...> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [disklavier] All disks show as unformatted > 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@... > > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to: > disklavier-owner@... > > To reach our group's web site go to: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier > > Todd's family web site was completely rewritten in June 2001 and contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among other things, The url is: > http://MuncyFamily.com > > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group. If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to: > disklavier-unsubscribe@... > > Know someone who wants to join? Have them send a blank email to: > disklavier-subscribe@... or give them this link: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier/join > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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Re: [disklavier] All disks show as unformatted
2002-03-23 by Josiah Hoskins
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