Chromedome45
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Is anyone out there able to align 5.25 DS/DD full height floppy drives? I have 2 MPI's I would like to get up and running. Or is there a place I can get a 5.25 alignment disk? Without paying a fortune?
Are you sure it's an alignment issue? Can you reliably format a diskette, fill it with data and then read it back (all on the same drive) without errors?Is anyone out there able to align 5.25 DS/DD full height floppy drives? I have 2 MPI's I would like to get up and running. Or is there a place I can get a 5.25 alignment disk? Without paying a fortune?
It's much more straightforward and easier to use a Digital Alignment Disk (I use AlignIt). I suspect it's possible to turn them out mass-production style using a slightly modified drive. I have the source for Dysan's Digital alignment program if anyone wants to know what's in one of these things.
Sounds like a problem with drive 2. Have you got any good factory original disks that you can try reading? Not 100% foolproof but it might help track down where the problem lies.MikeS: When I format a disk in Drive 1 it will work fine in that drive. If I try to read that disk in another drive it's no go. So I would really suspect it's out of alignment. Drive 2 will format to track 38 and bomb out. That track gets skipped so I loose some storage space. Might be a very minor issue if one track is off. But I am not an expert.