>1) same error, then the drive is broken; Not necessarily. Though unlikely, worse case scenario would be that the system board is on it's way out. The FDD Channel isn't operating as it should. My guess is that another disk will probably format fine :-) -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GattoVolante Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:25 AM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Off topic, but I've just got to know Marilyn, try another diskette in the same drive... you will have one of these situation: 1) same error, then the drive is broken; 2) no error whatsoever, then your floppy has gone bad... if you can try it on another machine (yes, drive incompatibility really exists!)... HTH, Francesco 2006/2/28, Marilyn <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I guess I could have given that information in my first message, huh? > > It is a 3 1/2 inch Maxwell 2HD disk. > > Marilyn > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ ******************************************* Venite a visitare il mio blog!!! www.gattovolante.ilcannocchiale.it
