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Article #44100Re: How do you perform a floppy disk alignment?
From: Brent Besler
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 1990 20:11
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 1990 20:11
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>I have been experiencing problems with my 1.44M floppy disk drive
>(It reads and writes disks that have been formatted in my drive with no
>problems, but if I try a disk that has been formatted in another drive,
>I usually can't even read the directory!) Does anyone have info as to
>how to check the alignment, or any other suggestions as to what the
>problem might be?
It definitely sound like the head is out of alignment. The best places I
know of that realign drives are JB Technolgies in Chattsworth, CA and
Trax in Chicago. Both do it for a flate rate of $45. To align a drive
you need a calibrated alignment disk and a dual-trace oscilliscope.
Brent H. Besler
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!vela!bbesler From: bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: How do you perform a floppy disk alignment? Message-ID: <356@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 14 Mar 90 20:11:59 GMT References: <6315@alvin.mcnc.org> Reply-To: bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) Distribution: usa Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI Lines: 14