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"seek failure" when formatting disks?
« on: November 05, 2011, 02:48:29 PM »
Does anyone know why im getting this error? I have some brand new disks im trying to format, i have tried both hd and dd/ds disks but get the same error not all of them but some?
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Re: "seek failure" when formatting disks?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2011, 02:52:29 PM »
Well i just done a full format rather than a quick format and so far so good :)
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Re: "seek failure" when formatting disks?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2011, 04:44:40 PM »
Cam't believe how well the HD floppys work ive formatted a whole bunch of them and used tsgui to put the adf game images to disk and i am now playing some great classics :)
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Re: "seek failure" when formatting disks?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 08:10:32 PM »
Really how long do they normaly last?
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Re: "seek failure" when formatting disks?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2011, 09:30:45 PM »
But im not planning on using them in my pc?
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Re: "seek failure" when formatting disks?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2011, 10:25:10 PM »
Thats great thanks Cammy
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