From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lrxms.net ([66.92.147.165] helo=zoose.lrxms.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18e3U9-0008Ho-00 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:27:21 -0500 Received: from apollo.lrxms.net (apollo.lan [192.168.1.10]) by zoose.lrxms.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E0E2DD for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:27:17 +0000 (UCT) Received: by apollo.lrxms.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6D70837B90; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:27:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:27:11 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unbootable HD, the solution Message-ID: <20030130012711.GB18108@apollo.lrxms.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20030128235814.GC6447@apollo.lrxms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: showell@lrxms.net (Scott Howell) Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ah, yes at that time drives were pretty expensive at least by today's standards. I think they went for about $40 or $50, but don't quote me it has been a while. I actually did swap it out with a friend so that wasn't it. I've never seen that problem appear sense I must admitt, but there was the time a floppy was giving my buddy's box a tough time and I just ripped the cover off it and it ran for years. Was one of those things again where it just didn't make sense, but hell it worked just fine. On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:21:04PM -0600, Adam Myrow wrote: > I had a similar problem with my floppy drive on my computer which I > currently own. It could read just fine, but any attempt to write to disks > was disastrous. It couldn't format disks at all. I replaced the floppy > drive and no more trouble. I sort of suspect the original floppy drive > was defective from the factory, but it took me awhile to finally replace