11-19-2014, 09:58 PM
I didn't see a "Disk Integrity Test" in SCP. Am I missing something?
I did see a "Media Test". I ran that against 3 different drives using 2 different floppy cables (one is the "twist" type and the other is a straight). The cable didn't make a difference in the outcome of the tests. Drive #1 is one that I used successfully with Kryoflux in the past.
Drive #1 (Teac FD-55GFR)
Failed media test immediately.
Drive #2 (Toshiba ND-0401GR)
Intermittent failures during media test. About midway though, started making a clacking noise as if the drive head was hitting something.
Drive #3 (brand new OEM Panasonic JU-475-5)
Intermittent failures during media test. Didn't do the clacking noise.
Since Drive #3 seemed to be the best candidate, I tried re-imaging a known good disk (Tumble Bugs) and wrote it to a blank. I got a disk that booted but the graphics were corrupted.
I did see a "Media Test". I ran that against 3 different drives using 2 different floppy cables (one is the "twist" type and the other is a straight). The cable didn't make a difference in the outcome of the tests. Drive #1 is one that I used successfully with Kryoflux in the past.
Drive #1 (Teac FD-55GFR)
Failed media test immediately.
Drive #2 (Toshiba ND-0401GR)
Intermittent failures during media test. About midway though, started making a clacking noise as if the drive head was hitting something.
Drive #3 (brand new OEM Panasonic JU-475-5)
Intermittent failures during media test. Didn't do the clacking noise.
Since Drive #3 seemed to be the best candidate, I tried re-imaging a known good disk (Tumble Bugs) and wrote it to a blank. I got a disk that booted but the graphics were corrupted.