Disk problems/questions.

From: Barry Peterson <bmpete_at_swbell.net>
Date: Sat Feb 14 19:45:13 1998

On Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:50:30 -0800, you said:

>If I remember correctly, The 1.2M drive uses a track 1/2 the width of the 360K drive.

One more time: My problem/question has nothing to do with a 1.2MB
drive.

With a 386 computer configured for B: = 360KB, a disk formatted in B:
seems fine with no error messages. BUT: running SCANDISK on said
newly-formatted 360KB diskette results in an error message: "Media
descriptor byte incorrect", and prompts for repair. The byte, before
and after repair, is hex FD. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

I have tried many disks in many drives with the exact same results.
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Barry Peterson bmpete_at_swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
Received on Sat Feb 14 1998 - 19:45:13 GMT