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    From nospam.Ginger1@nospam.Ginger1@f1.n770.z1567.fidonet.org (Ginger1) to All on Fri Jan 5 20:07:21 2024
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    Hi all,

    Trying my luck with an Amiga issue on this C= echo.

    I'm having issues with formatting (nevermind writing to or reading from) floppies on my 1200.

    I've basically stiffed the internal drive. Now, trying to format a floppy in my
    external drive...I get a consistent "Couldn't format Cylinder 0" error. The floppies in question were very well cared for and previously working fine - and
    it is happening across all of them.

    I'm worried I have somehow fried the drive logic on the motherboard, as I was previously having the same issue on the internal drive (leading to my ill-fated
    repair attempts.)

    Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated!
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  • From Robert Bernardo@rbernardo@iglou.com to comp.sys.cbm on Fri Jan 5 23:09:46 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    Until the internal disk drive was replaced in my A600, I used an external disk drive.

    Truly,
    Robert Bernardo
    Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
    Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
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  • From nospam.Felice.Murolo@nospam.Felice.Murolo@f206.n335.z2.fidonet.org (Felice Murolo) to Ginger1 on Sun Jan 7 17:24:46 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    On 05-01-2024 20:07:20, Ginger1 writes:

    Hi all,
    Trying my luck with an Amiga issue on this C= echo.
    I'm having issues with formatting (nevermind writing to or reading from)
    on my 1200.
    I've basically stiffed the internal drive. Now, trying to format a floppy
    my external drive...I get a consistent "Couldn't format Cylinder 0" error. floppies in question were very well cared for and previously working fine and it is happening across all of them.
    I'm worried I have somehow fried the drive logic on the motherboard, as I previously having the same issue on the internal drive (leading to my
    repair attempts.)
    Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated!

    Hi, it seems like a High Density - Low-Density problem.
    Try covering the little window on the right with some tape.


    Ciao.
    Felix

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  • From nospam.Ginger1@nospam.Ginger1@f1.n770.z1572.fidonet.org (Ginger1) to FELICE MUROLO on Mon Jan 8 21:43:00 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    consistent "Couldn't format Cylinder 0" error. floppies in
    question were very well cared for and previously working fine
    and it is happening across all of them. I'm worried I have
    somehow fried the drive logic on the motherboard, as I
    previously having the same issue on the internal drive (leading
    to my
    repair attempts.)
    Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated!

    Hi, it seems like a High Density - Low-Density problem. Try
    covering the little window on the right with some tape.

    The floppies are double-density ones I'm afraid. So no holes to cover.

    I did make me think though, as the external drive I have is a Power
    Computing one that supports HD as well as DD. But fiddling with the mode
    switch at the back doesn't seem to help.

    I cleaned the heads yesterday and managed to get one side of the disk to
    give all greens on xcopy's checkdisk function - but the others were
    completely red. And still not formatting - with the "Cylinder 0" error.



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