16 Apr
2003
16 Apr
'03
12:50 a.m.
On Tuesday, Apr 15, 2003, at 19:05 Pacific/Auckland, Tillman, Edward
wrote:
Hmm...
If they're FAT16 (2.1Gb max recognition), maybe you can get hold of an
old
copy of Partition Magic, and see if you can read them with it.
It's a possibility, another list member is trying to dig out an old
Wyse set-up disk, this may also do the trick.
Its doubtful that the drives are physically harmed, but the 0 Sector
(boot
and/or reference sector) will be different with each version of DOS
you try.
If you can boot from floppy, you may want to reformat the disks (DOS
2.11,
or 3.20) and start anew. Do you know what they likely contain? Are
they
worth the time/effort to recover as-is?
They have a version of DRDOS and whilst this is hardly irreplacable I
don't currently have a copy. I'd also like to gain a little more
experience with this type of drive. I've tried DOS 2.11, 3.21 and 3.30
(and even 4.1, 5.0 and 6.22). With all versions one of the disks is not
recognised at all (this could be another fault all together). At the
end of the day I'm more curious than desperate.
Thank you all who replied to this post for all of the hints and tips
Alan