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- From: tuna@tdl.com (Chris Cochems)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1541 Crisis!
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 10:35:28 GMT
- Organization: The Diamond Lane
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- Jacob Huebert (aa363@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote:
-
- : I recently got a lot of new software, and it was at that time that
- : my 1541 decided to give out! It gives me "file not found" on everything
- : and won't bring up a directory. It kind of clicks (not in the usual
- : way) when I try to load anything. It worked fine until after an
- : hour and a half's useage today..
-
- : Any ideas on what my problem is?
-
- I think I know what happened.
-
- I bet that the head got repositioned by some protected software outside
- track 35, and it is now stuck there.
-
- The standard head movement routines fail when the head is on an
- unformatted track.
-
- To fix this, open the drive dor and try to load a program. If you use
- Fastloaders, try sending an initialize command to the drive. This should
- cause a head bump, and get you the normal click. After this, your other
- software will probably work fine.. :)
-
- Chukc Cochems
-