Hello,
If you're an archive reader, SurvPC @eGroups subscriber, or
has your LISTSERV delivery mode set to traditional (NoMIME)
digest, then most likely you didn't receive Alessio's attached
photo, or unable to extract it.
In case you getting curious, I've uploaded the image at:
http://www.egroups.com/files/survpc/images/
The direct URL is:
http://www.egroups.com/files/survpc/images/fddhdsw.gif
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Back on the topic, actually I can't find the switch in any
of my 3.25" FDDs. Guess this specific for some model/brand
only?
Regarding the initial thread of this subject, I did have a
few similar occasions like that. FDD(s) refused to read/
write floppies normally. To ever worse the situation, I did
lost some floppies in such misbehaved FDD, with their surface
scratched pretty bad.
In most cases, usually the culprit was trying to access any
of the following:
* Severely fungus-invested floppy
* Dust-contaminated floppy
* Cofee-dipped floppy (j/k) ;-)
The contamination was so bad that even head-cleaner diskette
won't help. My usual "fix" was opening the FDD casing, then
cleaning both R/W heads surface directly with a cotton bud
previously-dipped in head-cleaner liquid (alcohol, ethylene
glycol, cca. 100%).
--Eko
http://survpc.virtualave.net/ - Older PC and DOS Internet CC
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