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From: cshamis@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: drive problems
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.111911.3173@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 91 16:19:11 GMT
References: <1991Apr09.072654.13435@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: University Computing Services, Wright State University
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In article <1991Apr09.072654.13435@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, gravillr@prism.cs.orst.edu (GRAVILLE RUSSELL JAMES) writes:
> I have been having problems with my drives.  My 1571 will not format
> correctly.  When I try to format a disk it will format but when I try
> to read the directory it comes up with about 6 lines which look like
> some copy protected directory and I cant read or write to the disk.
> This doesnt sound like alignement because I can still read and write
> to my old disks but I cant format new ones.

Hello, 
  I had something simular happen to my disk drive,  it was a 1541 (notoriusly
touchy).  Anyway the problem about formatting went away when I opened it up and
reset the drive-speed pot;  my disk drive was running at 310 rpms instead of
300,  it would still read and write old disks, but I could never format new
ones, the drive would just die when it got to the inside tracks, (I guess it
was too fast for the drive [inside tracks rotate faster])  strange though that
it would still write to old disks.  ANYWAY, the point I'm trying to make is run
a speed checking program on your drive if your RPMs are out of whack MAYBEY
thats the problem (as it was in my case) if not,  well, you better wait for
FUZZY FOX to answer this one for you.

  About the 81, Im sorry Ive only had mine for 3 months and its out of my
leage.

  Take it away David    :-)

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