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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: marcfrick2112 on October 04, 2008, 10:08:47 AM

Title: Some dumb Amiga HD floppy questions....
Post by: marcfrick2112 on October 04, 2008, 10:08:47 AM

Hi everyone,

It's been many years since I had a HD floppy in an Amiga...
Basically, I am getting way more read errors / checksum errors on floppies with my A4000T (HD floppy) than I get on my A1200T (DD floppy) ... OK, I have already used a cleaning disk on the 4000's HD floppy drive...

So, are HD drives more 'picky' about disks? Are HD drives more prone to read and/or checksum errors? Of course, the disks I am trying could just be bad, I am sure that I have abused a lot of them....

Tho, I do have a LOT more disks to try, I am just somewhat alarmed at the higher failure rate...
(Using DMS and Image2Disk, BTW...)

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Post by: Lorraine on October 04, 2008, 10:32:09 AM

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Title: Re: Some dumb Amiga HD floppy questions....
Post by: mdivancic on October 04, 2008, 01:06:18 PM

When I've had problems with my HD floppy in the past its been because the switch in the drive (select, write protect and HD) have become unreliable. It seems they build up a layer of oxidation over time. I've been able to get them working again (so far) by taking the drives out and spraying the switch with contact cleaner and then working the switch 30 or 40 times. Give this a try.