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  1. #1
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    Feb 2010
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    Sodick A280 - Floppy won't initialize

    This machine has a NEC PC9801UV computer and I am trying to initialize a floppy disk to copy system to it. When I select "user initialize" it says put disk in drive 2 and hit enter. I do that and nothing happens. The light on the floppy doesn't come on at all and the computer locks up. Also, none of the soft keys do anything. Is there something in the parameter lists that need to be set or changed?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2012
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    Are you trying to make a system disk or user disk?

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  3. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
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    Thanks for the reply. On the "disk" screen there are 4 choices. User Format, User Copy, System Copy and System Version Update. I have tried all 4 choices and I cannot write to a new disk. If I select "User Copy" I can copy files from a user disk to another disk if the destination disk has been used. If the destination disk is new the computer doesn't even see it. If I select "User Format" and press enter absolutely nothing happens and the computer locks up. I thought maybe the computer had to "think" for a while but after 15 to 20 minutes it was still locked.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    May 2012
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    Think I have had same issue in the past, I think if you format the disks on your desktop first they then are readable on the mc. Not sure if its fat, or fat32. If your unsure check one that has already been used. Also check the disks. one side of disk will have the write protect hole the other side also has a hole, this needs to be covered. We use abit of insulating tape.
    Hope this helps!
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  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2018
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    Did you figure out what was wrong? I'm having the same issue, formatting the disk on a pc doesnt work either

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