Floppy drive woes

Dave_wb · 02 December 2006, 20:04

My A1200 floppy drive will read media with no problems at all.If I copy something to the floppy or rename it and transfer it to my zip drive the zip will save the info and new file name even after rebooting.The floppy however will not.The new filename will appear on the workbench and I think - HAH cracked it.Remove the floppy and reinsert and it reverts back to the original filename and any thing saved on it vanishes.
If I remove my hard drive and boot from the workbench floppy up comes the workbench and I can do everything except SAVE FILES TO FLOPPY!!!
I would have thought if the floppy will read - why cant it write?This is hacking me off now so any help would be appreciated.Thanks for viewing - I have my fingers crossed
Dave

musashi5150 · 02 December 2006, 23:19

Sounds weird to me Dave... as I've read your other post too I'd try a new drive.

demoniac · 03 December 2006, 02:16

Could be the write enable detector on the drive is broken.

Galaxy · 03 December 2006, 04:12

Are A500 floppy drives compatible with A1200s?

A500 drives seemed to be much better quality than the drives used in the 1200s.

srg86 · 03 December 2006, 12:06

hmmm I might concider a new floppy as well, the floppy drive in my A1200 goes haywire if I try to run the machine with the case off, reading is fine but writing causes corruption and checksum errors on the disk. If I then put the case back on it then does the same thing for a couple of days then settles down and works perfectly, very odd. Maybe I should swap it with the drive in my A600, they are both the same make and model (they are both Panasonic JU-253-043P)

02 December 2006, 20:04	#1
Dave_wb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wootton Bassett England Age: 66 Posts: 193	Floppy drive woes My A1200 floppy drive will read media with no problems at all.If I copy something to the floppy or rename it and transfer it to my zip drive the zip will save the info and new file name even after rebooting.The floppy however will not.The new filename will appear on the workbench and I think - HAH cracked it.Remove the floppy and reinsert and it reverts back to the original filename and any thing saved on it vanishes. If I remove my hard drive and boot from the workbench floppy up comes the workbench and I can do everything except SAVE FILES TO FLOPPY!!! I would have thought if the floppy will read - why cant it write?This is hacking me off now so any help would be appreciated.Thanks for viewing - I have my fingers crossed Dave

03 December 2006, 12:06	#5
srg86 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: England Age: 40 Posts: 15	hmmm I might concider a new floppy as well, the floppy drive in my A1200 goes haywire if I try to run the machine with the case off, reading is fine but writing causes corruption and checksum errors on the disk. If I then put the case back on it then does the same thing for a couple of days then settles down and works perfectly, very odd. Maybe I should swap it with the drive in my A600, they are both the same make and model (they are both Panasonic JU-253-043P) Last edited by srg86; 03 December 2006 at 12:12.

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02 December 2006, 23:19	#2
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	Sounds weird to me Dave... as I've read your other post too I'd try a new drive.

03 December 2006, 02:16	#3
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,698	Could be the write enable detector on the drive is broken.

03 December 2006, 04:12	#4
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	Are A500 floppy drives compatible with A1200s? A500 drives seemed to be much better quality than the drives used in the 1200s.

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