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Article #42525PS/2 formatting woes
From: Peter C. Bahrs
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 20:35
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 20:35
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I have used several pc's over the years and have never had a problem to this extent before...however since we have set up this pc lab of 30 PS/2 70s and 2 80s (about 1 year) I have had 15 out of 50 diskettes go bad; the DSHD 3.5", of numerous brands. Suddenly, the diskette can't be read. Norton utilites NU disk map shows no errors. One time norton DT said it was reading from the 2nd FAT table? I can't even re-format them with the DOS format command for the most part. A couple I formated ad 720k. Has anyone experienced problems with diskette drives on the PS/2's. /*----------- Thanks in advance... --------------------------------------+ | Peter C. Bahrs | | The USL-NASA Project | | Center For Advanced Computer Studies INET pcb@gator.cacs.sl.edu | | University of Southwestern Louisiana ...!uunet!dalsqnt!gator!pcb | | Lafayette, LA 70504 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!think!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!rex!rouge!gator.cacs.usl.edu From: pcb@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.msdos.programmer Subject: PS/2 formatting woes Message-ID: <3980@rouge.usl.edu> Date: 16 Feb 90 20:35:39 GMT Sender: anon@rouge.usl.edu Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Distribution: usa Organization: The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, USL Lines: 21