Emax

Hi,
A while ago I purchased an Emax II and it came with the original Floppy Library set.  Most of them won't read, I always get a blinking "Disk not Formatted!" error. The only set that would load was the "Stereo Grand Piano" 4 Disk set. But as of today even those won't load anymore? Does anyone know why it's doing that? Thanks. 

George
P.S. The original owner was a smoker and the Emax and the disks were kind of crutty. Could it be that the floppy head needs a cleaning or something??!!

Take out your floppy drive and clean it with some contact cleaner.  I  
just saved 2 Emax flippy drives that way.



On 25-Apr-09, at 9:20 PM, "George" <trickstar303@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
> A while ago I purchased an Emax II and it came with the original  
> Floppy Library set. Most of them won't read, I always get a blinking  
> "Disk not Formatted!" error. The only set that would load was the  
> "Stereo Grand Piano" 4 Disk set. But as of today even those won't  
> load anymore? Does anyone know why it's doing that? Thanks.
>
> George
> P.S. The original owner was a smoker and the Emax and the disks were  
> kind of crutty. Could it be that the floppy head needs a cleaning or  
> something??!!
>
> 


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This is great advice my fellow Emaxer is giving you............
I too have save two drives by cleaning them, but did it  without removing them by using a drive cleaning kit from Office Depot.
It has a disk with a kind of fabric disk inside that you drop the alcohol cleaning solution it comes with onto the fabric..................run it a few times by trying to LOAD the disk and it just might come around without any disassembly.
Best of luck,
Dave

--- On Sun, 4/26/09, s* <scartattack@...> wrote:

From: s* <scartattack@...>
Subject: Re: [emax] Floppies won't read - "Disk not Formatted!" Error.
To: "Emax List" <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 10:04 AM











    
            
            


      
      Take out your floppy drive and clean it with some contact cleaner.  I  

just saved 2 Emax flippy drives that way.



On 25-Apr-09, at 9:20 PM, "George" <trickstar303@ yahoo.com> wrote:



>

>

> Hi,

> A while ago I purchased an Emax II and it came with the original  

> Floppy Library set. Most of them won't read, I always get a blinking  

> "Disk not Formatted!" error. The only set that would load was the  

> "Stereo Grand Piano" 4 Disk set. But as of today even those won't  

> load anymore? Does anyone know why it's doing that? Thanks.

>

> George

> P.S. The original owner was a smoker and the Emax and the disks were  

> kind of crutty. Could it be that the floppy head needs a cleaning or  

> something??! !

>

> 



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