14 Feb
1998
14 Feb
'98
8:28 p.m.
<With a 386 computer configured for B: =3D 360KB, a disk formatted in B:
<seems fine with no error messages. BUT: running SCANDISK on said
<newly-formatted 360KB diskette results in an error message: "Media
<descriptor byte incorrect", and prompts for repair. The byte, before
<and after repair, is hex FD. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
I suspect the following:
Disk controller board.
Corrupted format program.
Corrupted scandisk program.
One test not mentioned (or i've forgotten) is do you get the same error
on a disk formatted on a DIFFERENT PC?
Allison
15 Feb
15 Feb
6:38 p.m.
On Sat, 14 Feb 1998 21:28:00 -0500, you said:
<With a 386 computer configured for B: =3D 360KB, a
disk formatted in B:
<seems fine with no error messages. BUT: running SCANDISK on said
<newly-formatted 360KB diskette results in an error message: "Media
<descriptor byte incorrect", and prompts for repair. The byte, before
<and after repair, is hex FD. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
I suspect the following:
Disk controller board.
It works the same way on another 386computer.
Corrupted format program.
I've also used Xtree and Norton utilities. Same error message.
Corrupted scandisk program.
My suspicion, or an existing bug. I'm using DOS version 6.22.
One test not mentioned (or i've forgotten) is do
you get the same error
on a disk formatted on a DIFFERENT PC?
Yes, I do, I just tried it.
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