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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! Diskette beyond repair
Message-ID: <19335@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 05:09:29 GMT
References: <17041@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <17041@milton.u.washington.edu> dsheythe@milton.u.washington.edu (Donald Sheythe) writes:

>I'd run Disksalv on the disk, but whenever I stick it in the drive, the
>trackdisk crashes and a "disk corrupt - task held" requester comes up.

Is it actually trackdisk crashing, or DOS?  That's an imprortant distinction.
DiskSalv normally shuts off DOS by the time its at the "Hit RETURN..." 
prompt (assuming you haven't specified the NODOS option).  So if DOS is the
one with the problem, you can fire up DiskSalv, THEN put the disk in.  If
it's actually trackdisk that's crashing, a much less likely case, there's not
much you can do about it, since DiskSalv relies on trackdisk.device.

>I get an 8700000B guru when I select cancel.

Sez here that's a KEY OUT OF RANGE guru, brought to you by your friendly
neighborhood DOS subsystem.  So if you type your "DiskSalv df0: whatever:",
wait for the prompt, put the disk in, and type RETURN, you should be on your
way.  Just don't restore to RAM:, since DOS will probably go for the disk
after DiskSalv is done with it, once again bringing down a guru on your head.

>Don Sheythe


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