Calab Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I'm trying to format some floppy disks on the disk drive in my PEB using the Disk Manager 2 cartridge. Unfortunately, I receive a "Disk Error 41" and the format fails. The light comes on, I can hear the drive spin, I hear the head stepping, but it just doesn't work. Any suggestions? Googling "TI-99 disk error 41" didn't find anything useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Try formatting sssd Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calab Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 13 hours ago, arcadeshopper said: Try formatting sssd That's what I was doing... 40 track, single side, single density. Odd thing is, it's working fine now. Old computers are finicky computers I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Sun spots [emoji3]Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 You may try to pick another error number: https://www.ninerpedia.org/wiki/Technical_details#Error_codes_from_the_disk_controller_card No, honestly, what disk controller do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 based on those codes sector error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 8 hours ago, arcadeshopper said: Sun spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpy Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 9:31 PM, Calab said: I'm trying to format some floppy disks on the disk drive in my PEB using the Disk Manager 2 cartridge. Unfortunately, I receive a "Disk Error 41" and the format fails. The light comes on, I can hear the drive spin, I hear the head stepping, but it just doesn't work. Any suggestions? Googling "TI-99 disk error 41" didn't find anything useful. Just had this problem and someone suggested checking the indexing sensor on the drive. In my case the bracket holding the sensor had broken and the sensor moved out of position. I secured it back in place and it works fine now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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