Re: Disk copy in Apple IIGS?

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

Yes, the problem is - if it is not HD, and if it is not dirty, then I
am not sure what it is. The drive is basically broken right now, so I
am back to an Apple IIGS without a drive (that means I can't do
anything with it now). To be more exact, I am back to emulation now.

Basically what has happened that day:

Before: I have a drive that basically work with some disks. Other
disks don't work or work partially.

What happened:

- I bought a pack of HD disk, attempting to do a backup
- I fire up Copy II Plus, format the HD disk, result in an error (note
the disk is new, so this already means there is some incompatibility)
- I use Copy II Plus to do a bit copy of itself to the HD disk

After that: the drive no longer work, despite constant cleaning.

On 3月28日, 上午8时36分, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> A drive cleaning diskette should be used for a few
> *seconds* at most, since they are somewhat abrasive.
>
> In any case, I don't think that a dirty head is the problem
> with your drive.
>
> There may be a head (track) alignment problem, resulting
> from old lubricant on the head slider guide.
>
> It's actually hard to guess with so little data about its
> speed, etc.
>
> If it's a Superdrive, then you can simply replace the
> mechanism with any "2MB" Sony mechanism from
> any older Mac.
>
> -michael