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Offline freqmax

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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2011, 05:47:39 PM »
Disksalv supposedly wrecks disks..
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2011, 05:53:48 PM »
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Disksalv supposedly wrecks disks..


Never had a problem with it myself... :)
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2011, 09:18:23 AM »
@ carvedeye

Use DCopy instead of X-Copy. It's far more professional and it has also
an "Error Corrrection" option. You can download it here from Aminet: DCopy3.1
Read the doc file carefully before you start any actions to your disk, though.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2011, 02:46:29 PM »
Siegfried-Copy is another great diskcopy program.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2011, 10:07:17 PM »
Well i think i now know what the problem is when ever im trying to format any floppy disk (full format not a quick format) my system says it cant read cyclinder 0 so im guessing that 1 or both of my CIA chips are faulty.?
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2011, 01:19:16 AM »
@carvedeye,

Before you trash too many floppy disks, I suggest that you buy or borrow a known good external floppy drive to test your disks on.  If you are finding a lot of your floppy disks have read errors, it might just be that your floppy drive, DF0: is marginal and needs replacing.

Replacing the CIA chips is also not a bad idea.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2011, 10:34:15 PM »
I have tested the floppys on 2 disk drives and still get the same error? so could it be that my CIA chip(s) are faulty?
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2011, 02:41:53 AM »
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I have tested the floppys on 2 disk drives and still get the same error? so could it be that my CIA chip(s) are faulty?

Was this after using Disksalv on those floppy disks?

As others may have mentioned, some versions of Disksalv have been known to trash disks, instead of repairing them as advertised.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2011, 03:57:11 AM »
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Well i think i now know what the problem is when ever im trying to format any floppy disk (full format not a quick format) my system says it cant read cyclinder 0 so im guessing that 1 or both of my CIA chips are faulty.?


Um, I remember catching a virus that caused this same behaviour, I think because the virus would modify the boot sector immediately after the cylinder was formatted and before it was verified.  I don't remember which virus that was.  Are you sure your system is clean?
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2011, 10:13:20 AM »
I have had the problem before tried different hard drives done fresh installs of workbench but the problem is still there I've also notice my mouse is playing up aswell as my gamepads so I'm thinking that my CIA chips could be the fault :(
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2011, 08:30:08 PM »
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #25 on: June 12, 2011, 09:45:41 PM »
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I have had the problem before tried different hard drives done fresh installs of workbench but the problem is still there I've also notice my mouse is playing up aswell as my gamepads so I'm thinking that my CIA chips could be the fault :(

Can't guarantee that it will fix your problem, but replacing the CIA chips is a simple procedure, if you have access to the replacement chips.  I have only had to do it once, when I lost the proper function of my mouse long ago on an A2000.  I don't really remember what caused it to go bad, or how I traced the problem to the CIA chip, but replacing it fixed the problem I was having, so I quickly forgot about it.  IIRC, I only had to replace one of my CIA chips and I don't remember how I knew which one to replace.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #26 on: June 13, 2011, 10:18:44 PM »
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Can't guarantee that it will fix your problem, but replacing the CIA chips is a simple procedure, if you have access to the replacement chips.  I have only had to do it once, when I lost the proper function of my mouse long ago on an A2000.  I don't really remember what caused it to go bad, or how I traced the problem to the CIA chip, but replacing it fixed the problem I was having, so I quickly forgot about it.  IIRC, I only had to replace one of my CIA chips and I don't remember how I knew which one to replace.


Where can i buy/get replacement CIA chips from?
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2011, 10:23:16 PM »
Quote from: amigadave;644504
Can't guarantee that it will fix your problem, but replacing the CIA chips is a simple procedure


Not on an A1200.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2011, 11:01:16 PM »
I used ARestaure to recover data from disks.

http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/701-800/ff760/

http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-760-content-ARestaure/

http://www.mingos-commodorepage.com/tools/tools_detail.php?system=Amiga&id=61&title=ARestaure&type=Tools

Sadly the old repair on DiskSalv does tend to make the disks a bit unusable and you really have to be careful what you ask the software to do. In the end it is unlikely you will mend physical damage and mostly its a case of taking what you can. If you can't copy the disk then its normally Coopers Ducks. Having a good external floppy drive can help. Many disks work on some drives better than others. Mostly I leave well alone.
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Re: X-copy tng ?
« Reply #29 from previous page: June 19, 2011, 12:10:49 AM »
Disk Salv is by far the best program to use. Version 2 is far from the best however. Try to find V3 or V4 instead. These are the commercial versions, but will work! it is well worth the effort to find one of these disks.
When the drive was cleaned - was a solvent used? If not, then they were not cleaned.
Finally, even the commercial versions of Disk Salv can take a long time to work.
Sounds as if there may be another problem with the floppy drive...
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