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Thanks Mark.

I think I've tried everything mentioned in those articles but it still isn't working. In the meantime I've written to DataServe with a view for help or repair...

Martin.

Thanks Mark.

Martin.

Hi Mark. I moved the head towards the front and powered up. Neither did it move when I powered it up nor when I input the CAT command. Perhaps the motor that drives the worm gear isn't working. I checked all the connections and they seemed okay but as I said earlier, I may have disturbed something o...

Thanks for the replies. I removed the disk drive and checked everything. I must have disturbed something because when I had reassembled it the error came up: Disk Drive Not Ready. I then operated with the cover open and noticed that although the disk was spinning, the read head wasn't moving across ...

I've had a +3 from the eighties, which I've started using again earlier this year. Naturally the drive belt had gone so I replaced it and everything loaded up perfectly. More recently I've started getting read errors on disks via CAT or LOAD: Drive A; track 0. sector 0, data error... Occasionally I ...