On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 at 10:41:49, wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
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>It could be that the drives themselves need a good clean (as with all
>tape heads) - cotton bud and meths (Tony is that the best thing to
>use??) is required.
Meths is fine - iso-propyl alcohol is the best.
However it is probably simply bad microdrive cartridges.
Clearly the system is reading boot OK - but this is a small file of
course, and can recover more easily from errors.
I am surprised it has taken so long for this problem to appear.
I had that problem from day 1 (8-)#
Maybe they have been stored near a magnetic field.
Mind you providing copies made on another QL may not work.
It is always sensible to work of backup cartridges though - it sounds
like he was using the master cartridges.
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