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Re: [emax] bad disk drive?

2001-11-13 by mr julian.

--- Honest Steve <honest23@...> wrote: 

> I had a similar problem a few years ago with my
> EMAXII and I just used a
> floppy disk cleaner on it and it has been fine
> since.  You should be able to
> buy a cleaner for a few dollars.  It might save you
> the price of a new
> drive.

hmm... I guess it is possibly a dirty drive too....
but the "disk not formatted" message sounds more like
misalligned heads to me. Yeah, try cleaning it first,
because the new drives are pretty expensive.



julian



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