Slot The Floppies
Big-Dave
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| System Name | Packard Bell NEC P660401901 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 2.53 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache |
| Motherboard | NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL SiS651 1.0 133 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc |
| Memory | 512 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DDR1 ' has 256 MB Slot 'DDR0 ' has 256 MB |
| Video Card(s) | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 |
| Storage | Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ST380020A 80GB |
| Display(s) | Packard Bell SlimView517 |
| Audio Device(s) | SigmaTel C-Major |
Yesterday I tried to save something onto floppy and it didn't work. I haven't used the drive for years, and the disks were just a few I had laying around - each of the discs failed in the same manner.
I inserted a disk into my floppy drive then went to start > my computer, then right clicked a: and chose format.
I got an error message : 'Disk error on track 0, head 0 Address mark not found'
Same thing with all three disks.
I found a clever looking bit of kit called Floppy Disk Formatter v3.1c (FFormat) which I downloaded and installed. I tried to use that to format my disks, and again all three disks failed in the same way.
It gets to 50% successfully, then I get a message 'Trying to rebuild track 0', then eventually I get the message 'This disk could not be formatted: unrecoverable error on system area or uncompatible format mode'.
I have searched google for answers but on this occassion it has come up very short.
My PCs file system is NTFS, and from what I can see the floppies are FAT but I don't think that alone would cause the problem.
As all 3 disks have repeated the same messages and errors, I am assuming it is not those at fault. Obvious choice would be needing to replace the drive, but I thought I'd try here first for ideas.
I will also try the disks in someone else's PC later when I get the chance.
It is worth noting that since I last used the floppy drive I have reformatted the HD. I didn't have a recovery disk, so used someone's XP Media Edition (mine was XP home standard) and then picked up the drivers I needed from the Hewlett-Packard website. Did I miss one that would cause this problem, or is there something I should be looking for?
I hope I have included all the necessary information, and that someone will be able to help me out
Thanks in advance.
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