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[petercli]

Trying to fix a amiga 1200 i bought untested.
Having trouble booting off a disk.

Typing info shows : DFO Unreadable disk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84872095@N08/7956098696/

I tried this with serveral disks , so i assume the drive went bad .

How hard is it to replace a floppy. Is there any good place to buy one ?( I live in the usa)

Thanks,Peter

[freqmax]

Try cleaning the heads

[danbeaver]

See reply in other post

[petercli]

Hi Dan,
I bought a liquid disk cleaner, no luck.
Next, I opened the case and reseated the data and power. still not luck.

when I power up, I hear a click every 3 seconds where it looks for a inserted disk.
but when I pop in a good floppy, and run info, it says dfo: unreadable disk.
For example : http://www.flickr.com/photos/8487209...in/photostream

Maybe I need to move the jumpsers - this is what I have now : http://www.flickr.com/photos/8487209...in/photostream

where to buy a replacement floppy disk drive?

I thought about scavenging the floppy drive from my A600 , but the location of data and power are reversed.

Any ideas?
Peter

[Mrs Beanbag]

What disks are you trying? Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.

[lassie]

Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag

What disks are you trying? Some games disks are unreadable from AmigaDOS - you're meant to boot from them.

Yes you are right, i ran into the same problem when i got my first Amiga. i thought it to was broken.

[petercli]

I tried a lot of disks
Also tried to format a disk

Anyhow I think I need to replace df0
Any suggestions?

[petercli]

I ordered a new drive on Amiga kit
Thanks for suggestions
Peter