> > On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 07:56 pm, W. Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > >> --- Just aquired an 8600. Everything's great EXCEPT > >> the little floppy drive. I put a diskette in and I get > >> "Diskette is unreadable, would you like to > >> reinitialize??". I say yes and it pops out the disket > >> and then says "Initialization Failed" Any ideas what's > >> going on?? Thanks >>Big Dave > >> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > Is the locking tab on the diskette in the lokced or open position ? > > > > Is the disk an HD or DD floppy ? You may be selecting an > > inappropriate format. > > > > Is the disk in good physical condition ? > > Or you may need a new drive....
Check your disk out on another Mac. If it works on the other machine, then I think that you have a demagnetized floppy driver. My 7500's floppy driver wouldn't even release the disk. I had to pull the plug to get it out. But there were extenuation circumstance..... David [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
