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Date:	Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:23:38 -0700
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Dumptrapscreen

Steven,

Thank you.

Since the diskette was formatted less than a week ago without indication
of any problems, I guess the drive is dirty.

How do I clean it?

Jack
In , on 06/10/2006
at 11:06 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

>In <20060610221551-31457-8@scoug.com>, on 06/10/06
> at 10:15 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>>I got the notice SYS 0045 DriveA-cannot find sector requested.

>>I returned an error code to the and got this screen:

>>Could the problem be the floppy? It is 9 or 10 years old. If the floppy
>>is not the problem, what do I need to do to get dumptrapscreen.working?

>The problem is either the diskette or the drive. When was the last time
>you cleaned the drive? You can test the diskette by formatting it. If
>the diskette is physically bad the format will often find the bad sectors
>and mark them unusable. Of course, this will lose your dump data, but
>it's unlikely you can recover it unless you know how to use the Gammatech
>or Norton tools.

>Steven

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