Re: Need help with dead Disk II drives

[savoyard999@mindspring.com (Bob Danielson)]

On 30 Nov 1997 05:11:37 GMT, ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) wrote:

>First, are you sure that the diskettes that you're placing in th drive are
>bootable disks?
yes


>It's possible that you could be trying to boot 13 sector DOS 3.2 disks.
nope


>It's also possible that the DOS is blown on the disk that you're trying to
>boot.
it happens on over a dozen bootable disks I've tried


>
>I'm sure that in a day or so Nathan Mates will refer you to his FAQ, which
>those of us on AOL do not have access to so that may also be of some help.
Already looked at the FAQ - not too much help except for a list of
folks I can buy replacements from

>
>As a final thought, drive speed could also be the problem.
Quite right - the question is how do I go about testing/adjusting
it...


Thanks

Bob

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