assuming it is a 1.4 meg disk (and not 800k) you might try this if possible
bring the disk to a PC with a known-working diskette drive. download and install a program called WinImage. use the program to "rip" a disk image. it will throw errors for even the littlest problems when reading the disk and it will give you an idea of the physical condition. click ignore on every error (if you get any). when it is done, File > Save As and change the filetype to .IMA instead of the default .imz which is a compressed and proprietary filetype. this will yield a standard disk image that will work in any emulator, or can be written to a different floppy. i would do this before attempting any software filesystem check, to rule out the possibility of a bad disk. in fact, i would recommend you make a copy of the disk (using WinImage on a PC) and play with the copy on the Performa, even if there are no read errors when ripping the image. no PC? a USB floppy drive and a Mac running Windows will also do it fine hope this helps! On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:50 PM, John Lake <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, this is the only Hypercard floppy disk which the computer does not > read > so it seems that the floppy could be corrupted. My problem is that I have a > lot of data on the disk which I do not want to lose. So can anyone suggest > how I can recover that data? I have checked the Hypercard error codes which > do not tie in to "file system error code -36" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: Performa 630 CD with Hypercard > > > > > > Well, to be precise, this is the system message "-36". > > I do not know if HC uses the same codes. Try another drive. > > They do not "live" forever or it simply is dirty. > > > >>If I remember correctly, that's a Mac system error - an "I/O Error" > >>meaning that it can't read the disk. This probably means that the > >>floppy is corrupted. I'm not sure what you could do to correct it. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Josh > >> > >>On 26 Oct 2009, at 18:46, John Lake wrote: > > > >>> I use a Performa 630 CD with Hypercard for cataloging and storing on > >>> floppy disks. The stack from one of my disks will not open with a > >>> message "file sytem error 36". Can anyone tell what this error is > >>> and how to correct it? > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
