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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

1397.0. "disk problem queries" by STAR::BENSON (Musical Weapons Research) Fri Jan 28 1994 15:44

    I have a Mega2 ST and a 20 meg Supra disk. Sometimes, when I try
    to start an application from the hard disk, I get a "disk may be
    corrupted error", and the "working" light on the disk stays lit.
    I've tried deleting the files from the hard disk, and restoring them
    from floppies. I still get the error, about 70% of the time. When I
    don't get the error, the programs work fine.
    
    If I get the error, and dismiss this message box, and then try to 
    read a floppy, I always get a "drive is not responding" message.
    
    So I have a couple of questions...
       1. Is this problem likely to really be in the disk?  The fact that
    	  the floppy also dies makes me suspicious.
       2. Any possible cures for intermittent disk problems like this?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Tom
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1397.1Connections on motherboard?UFHIS::BFALKENSTEINMon Jan 31 1994 06:497
    
    try re-seating all the chips (especially the ROMs) in your computer.
    It helped me some time ago...
    
    Bernd
    
    
1397.2SMURF::COUTUHe who will not risk, cannot win.Mon Jan 31 1994 20:258
    Hmm, maybe I'll try the chip trick too. It leaves me wondering if
    maybe this is related to the Supra though. Which TOS version is in
    your system? My 1040 with TOS 1.0 and a 20Mb Supra drive does this
    from time to time also. I thought it might be a TOS bug corrupting
    my data. It seems to happen more often when I'm using the hard drive
    and almost (but not quite) never when running only off floppies.
    
    Dan
1397.3TOS 1.0 and hard disk? :-( EDDF10::ECKELNo sports.Wed Feb 02 1994 05:5910
    > My 1040 with TOS 1.0 and a 20Mb Supra drive
    
    Upgrade to *at least* TOS 1.4.
    
    TOS 1.0 is so very buggy and slow that I'm surprised you can run a
    hard disk at all.
    
    Regards, 
    
      Peter.
1397.4STAR::BENSONMusical Weapons ResearchWed Feb 02 1994 19:586
    In my case, the disk had been working correctly w/out a problem for
    at least a year, before it started these intermittent failures. So
    I suspect hardware rather than software. I will try the 'reseat
    everything' approach suggested earlier...  Thanks,
    
    Tom