At 12:48 -0500 on 16/01/03, ELN/rlf9 wrote: >>From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: 800k discs on Mac Classic >> >>At 11:33 -0500 on 15/01/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> One, when I put the disks back in the Classic, they were "unreadable." >>>Classic said they needed to be formatted, (even though they were full of >>>material). Is this problem due to what you guys are talking about? >> >>No, but there's likely a problem with one or both floppy drives. Try >>cleaning them and see if that helps anything. Directions are in the FAQ. > >An alignment problem also results in "unreadable." You might try a >different floppydrive if cleaning this one doesn't do the trick.
Aye, true, but alignment problems usually manifest themselves in the form of one Mac being unable to read or write disks other Macs can read just fine. In this case, I doubt it's alignment, because both Macs were able to read the disks OK initially. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> _________________________________________________________________ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
