8BIT 1337 Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 I gave some disks to a friend of mine that don't work on his Trak Drive. My stuff would've been formatted on a 1050 drive, and a good chunk of is stuff I've been using for years (but were dupes) so I know the disks *work*. Any ideas as to why he's having problems? Is it SD/ED/DD related? He has suggested that his SIO cable looks a bit shoddy, so that could be it (but some games do load, so I think it's the disk formatting or something). Is it possible that sending disks through customs was the problem? Wouldn't that affect everything I gave him? (some of the stuff does work). Unfortunately I don't know which Trak drive he has yet. I'll edit this post when I get that tidbit. Any help is appreciated. I know nothing about the 3rd party stuff. He'll probably get a 1050 *anyway* but I'd like to give him the option if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 I wonder if the Trak drives support 'ED'? Can you check the format density of the disks your using? Otherwise maybe the Trak drive needs alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Share Posted December 20, 2002 I was wondering that too. I'm pretty sure that the stuff I gave him that didn't work would've been formatted using ED. I was hoping that somebody would suggest that the Trak can't handle that ED formatting and I'd have to resend him stuff in SD since I don't have any DD capabilities (and I believe his Trak Drive is SD/DD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Myabe have him format the disks and send them to you for copying - that way you know they came from his drive working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted December 20, 2002 Author Share Posted December 20, 2002 Excellent idea! Of course now I feel silly for not figuring that out myself, but live and learn I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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