[iyonix-support] Re: Disc problem?

  • From: ralph_valmai@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:06:32 +0100

In message <gemini.jj7m7t02xjoyc033w.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
          "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ralph_valmai@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> At what point in the 'death' of a disc would DiscKnight report that the
>> disc was no longer good? (I hope that is a sensible question.) :-)
> 
> When the small amount of the disc's surface which contains the map and
> directory structure becomes corrupted or unreadable, as those are the only
> parts it looks at. The verify tool built in to RISC OS should be used to
> check the rest of the disc. Further enquires directly to me or the
> newsgroups please.

Thank you for the information, Dave.

This isn't a query re DiscKnight. The disc has just verified 
satisfactorily. I presume that the power supply is the most likely 
suspect.

Ralph

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