From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com ([24.165.200.8]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dfyc-0000XH-00 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:21:14 -0500 Received: from cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com (cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.3.115]) by mailout3-eri1.midsouth.rr.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h0T0LAa24832 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:21:10 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:21:04 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unbootable HD, the solution In-Reply-To: <20030128235814.GC6447@apollo.lrxms.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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 it. Did you ever try replacing the drive on that old computer? I don't know how much floppy drives cost back in those days, but you can get them for a song now.