Screeching 5 1/4 FDD

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_look.ca>
Date: Fri Oct 6 03:01:55 2000

>
>
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Lawrence Walker wrote:
>
> > I have a hard to replace dsdd floppy disk that produced a
> > screeching noise while attempting to read it on a win98 box under
> > Dos using a Dos program. I quickly removed it and tried to read it
> > on another Dos box also with a HDFDD. No screech but only the
> > directory was readable, not the contents. I checked the original FDD
> > again using a scrap dsdd floppy and had no trouble with it.
> > Anyone have any thoughts as to what would have caused this ?
>
> Whenever I have heard that horrid squeal, it has been followed with
> the disappearance of the magnetic media on a track or cylinder. :{
>
> > And whether the disk is salvageable ? I'm reluctant to run the disk
> > again on any box till I explore the options, lest I damage it
> > further.
> > It was an old DRI PC-install master disk for GEM.
>
> The first thing that you want to do as make several image copies of
> the disk on a drive with known clean heads and using a utility such as
> AnaDisk that will make a track-by-track copy of it. Then work on a
> copy!
> - don

 AAARRGH !!
 There go my hopes for a tasty profit. An identical set just sold for
$205 on E-Pay. I know the actual install and later versions are
available on the Unoficial CPM site, I have several installed on one
of my boxes so it isn't lost, but DAMN !
 I guess it would be unethical to steam the DRI lable off. :^(
 Oh well, maybe a copy of the master disk along with the original
nonfunctioning one will suffice.

thanks guys

larry
 


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