Date   : Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:23:50 +0000
From   : John Woodgate <jmw@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Micro repairs

endie <endie@...> wrote (in <000701c1b4e6$297bedf0$0200a8c0@...
stans>) about '[BBC-Micro] BBC Micro repairs', on Wed, 13 Feb 2002:
>Have you tried formatting a disk, writing to it and reading from it?  Just
>in case, what is the error you are getting?  How long does it take to return
>the error?  What is the pattern of the sound from the drive?  These things
>are more an art than anything else.  If you get a series of slow clicks then
>five faster ones, for instance, I'd say the disk is correct for the drive
>but a track is corrupted etc.

Thanks for your quick response. I tried to read them some months ago,
but the need to do so disappeared, so I can't remember in detail what
happened. Now, a new and more significant need has occurred and I don't
intend to give up this time.
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