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bt@neocad.com (Bruce Talley) writes:


>I had a system where its floppy drive was badly misaligned.  It has been
>replaced with one that works just fine.

>So now when I go "format a:" it returns with the error
>message "Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable." 

>Is there any way to restore track-0 information???

	The problem is that the old drive was so far out of alignment that
	the new drive cannot erase all of the old information before writing
	the new stuff.  Therefore, the residual old info at the track
	edges interferes with the new data just written, resulting in the
	"bad media" errors you're seeing.

	The best solution is to use a bulk tape eraser or a large magnet
	to erase the diskettes (randomizing whatever residual magnetic
	information remains).  They will in essence become "unformatted"
	diskettes and may once again be formatted by the floppy drive.


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