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> 
>      I have a C128 and a 1571 and I was trying to use a program called
> turboformat off of the "Compute's Gazette" monthly disk.  The program
> worked fine with the C64 and 1541 but when I ran it on the 1571 it locked
> up my disk-drive.
> 
>      Ken Goodnow

I haven't heard of this problem with 1571's, but I suppose it's the same
problem as often occurs with most Commodore drives (IEEE or serial bus) whose
heads have been pushed beyond normal limits- they get stuck.  Although you
said you initialized the drive (OPEN 15,8,15,"I"), that usually 'unsticks'
the head by forcing the DOS to move the head to track 18 (often accompanied
by the most horrible grinding sound...).  If all else fails, you could open
up the drive and, with your finger, gently push the head mechanism back from
the 'hub' (that's where track 35 and beyond live). Don't do this with a disk
installed, power on, or a valid warranty :-)

You will find most 'turbo-hacker-back-um-uppers' that performed miracles for
the sluggish 1541 will run afoul when used with a 1571.  :-(
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In article <402@PSUECLA> kjg@psuecla.BITNET writes:

> 
>      I have a C128 and a 1571 and I was trying to use a program called
> turboformat off of the "Compute's Gazette" monthly disk.  The program
> worked fine with the C64 and 1541 but when I ran it on the 1571 it locked
> up my disk-drive.  To exit the program you are supposed to press the F1
> key instead of hitting reset.  If you don't press F1 the head is left at track
> 35 or something.  The article only said that if you didn't press F1 you might
> have some problems.
>      So like a fool I ran the program and then hit reset instead of F1.  Now
> my 1571 won't do anything.  When I tried resetting and then reading a directory
> I get a read error.  I tried to initialize, reset, unpluged all the cables and
> replugged them, I tried the next day and the next day.  So at this point my
> 1571 seems to be broke.  My question is: did the software cause my 1571 to go
> into some mode I can't get out of, or did it just happen to break while the
> software was running.
>      If anyone knows how to recover from this problem, I would be extremely
> gratefull.  I don't know if I should send it out to get fixed or what!
> 
> 
>      Thanks in advance.
> 
>      Ken Goodnow

I don't know about the 1571, but the 1541 can get it's head "stuck"
beyond track 35. Many software copy protect schemes put data beyond
track 35, and the drive's head will sometimes never return from
there!!!

The fix....open your drive up, and move the head back towards track
one one (the outside edge of the disk).
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>my 1571 won't do anything.  When I tried resetting and then reading a directory
>I get a read error.  I tried to initialize, reset, unpluged all the cables and
>replugged them, I tried the next day and the next day.  So at this point my

Try sending your drive a format command - the mandatory 45 outward head
movements should *always* knock the head free, or you could just open up the 
drive and pull the head back a bit...
My drive head occasionally gets stuck after running one of those 40-track
copy programs...the format command has always gotten it loose and I've 
yet to open my drive (or experience misalagnment problems)...

Ken the H