Re: reading older disks

[steve%prd.co.uk@localhost]

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> >
> > I have wondered about jumpers on the drives, or some kind of format
> > incompatibility.   I can hunt around for another antique machine to
> > try them in, but I would welcome any wisdom you may care to offer.
> 
> My guess is that the disk has failed.
> But, I have seen situations where some USB/IDE adaptors work, and some
> don't.
> 
> So I would indeed recommend trying another old machine.
> 
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> 

A bit of a coincidence for two disks to fail and a memory fault to develop
all at the same time, while the disk I was copying to was unaffected? 

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Steve Blinkhorn <steve%prd.co.uk@localhost>