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Tried this and same result. LLF complete successfully but fdisk fails stating it can't read the drive partition and speedstor fails...

I have tried LLF cold, and then left it sit at the SpeedStor screen after it completes (because I fell asleep :) ) and then resumed the...

Nobody has any ideas?

I have a Tandy 1000 SX, and I am having a very, very hard time getting any of the old hard drives that I have working. I have a Seagate...

@Patrick.B (TTR) @ldkraemer Well, I started down the path of checking the read/write circuitry and following just the first thing in...

@Patrick.B (TTR) @ldkraemer Awesome advice guys, thank you! I did already clean and lubricate the rails, and running the BASIC...

Larry, I'm working on a very similar issue here with my drive and when I do the above test, it does not softly tick, tick, tick. Upon...

Patrick, would a faulty power cable allow the drive to come on and seek, but fail to read/write? I have a situation where my drive will...

I have a TRS-80 Model III (recently acquired) and the lower drive works just fine. I can boot with TRSDOS boot disk no problem...

How about +5.5V and +8.25V, as shown at [here], the AC adapter for the Acer V486S. Probably a 'ground' wire.

So I found this... https://oldcrap.org/2020/08/24/amstrad-alt-386sx/ This looks VERY similar. Just posting it for reference

Hello everyone, I have an INTRA LT-386SX laptop that I'm trying to troubleshoot. It was given to me by a friend, and even though the...

Is the drive head moving? On mine, I had to carefully work it back and forth with my fingers until it broke free and started moving...