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From: kron@netcom.COM (Kenneth Kron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GCR floopy drive problem
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.202101.8654@netcom.COM>
Date: 25 Mar 91 20:21:01 GMT
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From article <1477@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>, by dbb@panther.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Dice Blackboard):
> I've got a question for all of you GCR experts out there.  I've been having a
> major problem with formatting, reading, and writing of mac disks.  Whether I'm
> in mac mode or using the format option in the spectre main menu, it always 
> fails.  

Well I had a simular but different problem (which got no response when
I posted so although it may not help I'll post it anyway.

The difference between our problems is that the GCR tests passed when
I ran them but I also could not format floppies and could not read 
floppies written on other systems but I also had problems reading some
atari floppies that I had been able to read in the past.   This lead me
to believe that my drive was out of alignment/failing.  When I talked
to my local dealer they told me the don't do drive aligments 'cause
it's not worth it so I got a new drive which solved my problems.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Kenneth Kron kron@netcom.COM