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    From Ginger1@2:250/3 to All on Fri Jan 5 20:07:21 2024
    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 Felice Murolo@2:335/206 to Ginger1 on Sun Jan 7 17:24:46 2024
    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 Ginger1@2:250/3 to FELICE MUROLO on Mon Jan 8 21:43:00 2024
    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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