cyclic redundancy error

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angie

I got a cyclic redundancy error on a floppy disk and
wondered what that is. Of Course the disk then said it
was not formatted and would I like to format now?
 
Greetings --

This error usually means that the diskette is defective, but it
can also happen if the read/write heads of the drive that created the
diskette aren't aligned the same as the drive that's trying to read
the diskette. The head alignment difference is most common when
there's a large difference in the age of the floppy drives.



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Greetings --

This error usually means that the diskette is defective, but it
can also happen if the read/write heads of the drive that created the
diskette aren't aligned the same as the drive that's trying to read
the diskette. The head alignment difference is most common when
there's a large difference in the age of the floppy drives.
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The CRC error referred to by the OP is most likely the
result of a corrupted FAT on the floppy. There is
absolutely no reliable empirical evidence that head
alignment is the cause of all of the floppy disk read/write
problems chronicled in these NGs. This was at one time
someone's wild-assed guess that now has taken on a life of
its own. See here for the most likely answer, in all
cases:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q1
40/0/60.asp&NoWebContent=1
 
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