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Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:26:12 PST7
From:	"Dave Watson" <xowatson@concentric.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: command prompt

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I think Ben's got it. Try another disk, you'll probably see the same
result. Sounds like a failed drive. Fry's had them for $10 last
week. I've only had a few fail but I always keep a spare around for
troubleshooting/replacement.

On 4 Jan 02, at 18:41, Benedict G. Archer wrote:
> Denny,
> The diskette was probably damaged before you attempted to format it.
> An apparently normal directory listing doesn't assure that the disk is
> OK. The format started and made the directory list unreadable, but
> aborted when it found track 0 unformattable. Did you try another
> diskette?

> Zdenek JIzba wrote:
> >
> > It ocurred to me that I did not give enough information on my problem.
> > Here is more detail on an experiment I did just a few minutes ago.
> > 1. I inserted an extra copy of my eCS utility diskettes into the
> > floppy disk drive.
> > 2. At the eCS prompt I entered dir a:
> > The result was a long list of the contents of the 1.44 HD drive
> > 3. I entered the command: Format a:
> > This produced the two messages:
> > SYS1281 Track 0 could not be formatted
> > SYS1279 The format was unsuccessful
> > 4. I re-entered the command: dir a: the message reads:
> > The drive cannot find the sector (area requested)

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