Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!shamash!midway!quads.uchicago.edu!jcav From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Problem With My Mac Message-ID: <1991Mar14.165113.21206@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 14 Mar 91 16:51:13 GMT References: <1991Mar12.184539.23336@isc.rit.edu> Sender: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 36 In article <1991Mar12.184539.23336@isc.rit.edu> cer2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes: >In article , kaplan@pogo.cs.umass.edu >(Alan Kaplan) writes: > >>I have an SE/30 and, all of a sudden, the following dialogue box is >>continually being posted to my screen: >> >>--------------------------------- >>| This disk is unreadable: | >>| Do you want to initialize it? | >>| | >>| Eject Initialize | >>--------------------------------- >> >>THere is no floppy in the drive and the message goes away when I >>choose either Eject or Initialize. >> > >That might be due to the fact that your hard disk is going to go bad. Make a >backup (using such as DiskFit) of your hard disk then run SUM (or other >equivalent utility) to repair the disk. I think it's unlikely to be a hard disk problem, because this message only appears when the floppy disk driver has a problem mounting a newly inserted disk. What is probably going on is that the little microswitch in the floppy drive that senses the presence of a disk is sticking, causing the Mac to think there is a disk. Do you hear the floppy drive motor running just before you see the alert? Then again, maybe it's cosmic rays. -- John Cavallino | EMail: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago Hospitals | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Box 145 Office of Facilities Management | Chicago, IL 60637 "Opinions, my boy. Just opinions" | Telephone: 312-702-6900