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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: File Read Errors
Message-ID: <150469@felix.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 90 04:08:26 GMT
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Reply-To: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA
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Like everyone else I was blaming my FDHD for disk errors. I'd get the
"Error reading file" message (even though it was writing). Like others,
at first I tried to initialize the floppy and often that failed and
that's when you toss the diskette as bad (unless you have an IBM that
can reformat it as a DOS diskette).

Someplace along the line I found that just changing the directory 
structure on the floppy usually makes it possible to complete the
file transfer. For example, if the file won't copy, I can make a new
folder on the floppy and copy the file into that folder. Or, vice versa,
if I was trying to copy the file into a folder on the floppy, I just
copy it to the root of the floppy and then move it into the folder 
later.

Has anyone else experienced this? I'm able to save a lot more floppies
that way. Doesn't it suggest something other than hardware problems?
Or is it possible to get past a bad spot on the floppy in this manner
that you can't get past using the first copy procedure?

I'd be interested in any insights on what is happening.

Shirley Kehr