NobodyIsHere
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Hi,
This may seem like a silly question but I see this often. My usual approach is to try:
format b: /u /c [unconditional format with challenge bad sectors]
if that doesn't work, I usually toss the diskette.
I have heard that degaussing helps and there may be utilities which fix the problem but I don't know of any.
Is there another way to format disks which give this error? I am never sure if DOS is seeing an error which may or may not be real. Is DOS always choking or has it actually has found Track 0 to contain errors?
help? Thanks!
Andrew Lynch
This may seem like a silly question but I see this often. My usual approach is to try:
format b: /u /c [unconditional format with challenge bad sectors]
if that doesn't work, I usually toss the diskette.
I have heard that degaussing helps and there may be utilities which fix the problem but I don't know of any.
Is there another way to format disks which give this error? I am never sure if DOS is seeing an error which may or may not be real. Is DOS always choking or has it actually has found Track 0 to contain errors?
help? Thanks!
Andrew Lynch