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A1200 60Mb Disk with errors - how to fix?
« on: April 18, 2006, 10:11:23 PM »
Hi,
After it being in a cupboard for 10 years, I've just picked up my old A1200 from my mum's house with the intention to wipe the harddisk and re-install workbench 3.0.

When I attempt to format the two partitions (using Workbench 3.0 Format tool), the process stops with a 'Couldn't format cylinder xxx' message.

Can anyone give me pointers as to how I get around this?
I can vaguely remember the disk having bad sectors when I originally bought it. I must have got around the problem them but haven't a clue now.

Grateful for any help.

Cheers,
Rich