[Coco] Re: RETRIEVE utility...

[John Collyer]

If you select continuous it'll keep on trying to read the same sector.
If you select skip it'll just use the bad sector data and continue on
to the next sector.  Try skip and then see if you can sort out the
bad sector data.

John Collyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Torsten Dittel" <Torsten at Dittel.info>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: [Coco] Re: RETRIEVE utility...


> > The way retrieve works when it gets a read error
> > is it tries to read the bad sector 3 times.
> 
> I noticed that. But I still think it might help to try to position the
> head over the messed up track again by seeking to zero and returning to
> that track. On some disks it seems to depend on the temperature of the
> floppy media if I can read a complete track or not. 
> 
> > Abort, Retry, Ignore, or Continuous?
> 
> What happens exactly if I choose "Continous?"?
> 
> I already asked that before but I don't remember the replies: Is it
> possible (or would it help) to put a CoCo 40 Track DD 5.25" drive in my
> PC (instead of the 80 Track HD 5.25")? Which BIOS settings are necessary
> (if any)?
> 
> Thanks,
> Torsten
> 
> 
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