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From: ttn2@cs.kun.nl (Anita 'Sleepy' van Nieuwenborg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Floppy problem?
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Date: 23 Apr 91 08:36:25 GMT
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In article <1991Apr22.114255.11455@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cabr07@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>Has anyone come across this problem with their 3.5" floppy on an Arc?
>
>The drive formats floppies and reads old floppies with no problem.   Then
>when I save a large file to it the disc usually can't be verified.  I have
>looked at the disc with a sector editor and find that there are crc errors
>on the first sector of most tracks on one side of the disk.  Occasionally
>there is a sector not found error, again on the first sector of most tracks
>on one side.
>
>(These are disk errors 08 and 10, I think - has anyone got a list of disk
>error codes?)
>
>Gordon

I've had the same problem some time ago.
The head(?) of your drive is somewhat out of position. I solved it by
taking the drive appart, and bend the head back into position.
This has to be done very often, so I'm looking for a new one.
Better try to make use of your warranty.

Anita