Re: PLEASE HELP-formatting

[rubywand@aol.com]

In article <5d0ojs$ggb@daily-planet.nodak.edu>, chambers@plains.nodak.edu
(Michael A Chambers) writes:

>
>I have recently aquired an apple //c.  I have cleaned the heads on all of

>the disk drives (the internal and the 3 external drives) and most things 
>seem to work properly.  
>
>However, whenever I try to format a disk using the internal 3.5, I get a 
>message that says something like:  
>
>I/O error block $00007C
>
>
>Is this a problem with the drive or with the disks.  The same thing 
>happens when I try to copy files to this drive. 


     This sounds like a bad diskette. Try another diskette. Apple 3.5"
drives like regular DD diskettes. If you are using 1.44MB diskettes-- the
kind with a square hole in the upper left corner-- this may be the source
of your problems.


Rubywand