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From: mfs@edison.GE.COM (mfs @ Somewhere in the Mountains)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: HELP! Corrupted Disks
Keywords: This seems to be a common problem, no ?
Message-ID: <1544@edison.GE.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 88 15:39:46 GMT
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ACK!   HELP!

I have a new (4 month old) Amiga 500 that has started giving me all
kinds of trouble with the disks.  It seems everytime I turn around, I get
the infamous 'Volume xxxx has a read/write error' requester.  Sometimes
I can edit or download for hours before this happens and sometimes it
just takes a few minutes.

I have tried all kinds of disks: Sony, BASF, Memorex and Generics.
They all seem to eventually go bad.  The funny thing is, when I run
diskdoctor on them, they all (with rare exceptions) have hard errors
on track 40.  Also, after diskdoctor finishes, I get a requester
that says: Insert volume Lazarus.  I have never had a disk named this!
What exactly is going on here ?! 

AAAARRRRGGGG!

Jeeze, is AmigaDOS that fragile ?  Do I have a bad drive ?  A virus ?
Overheating problems ? Wimpy power supply ? (I have the A501, but only
one drive)

Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,

Martin