Disk read error

[francouai]

Hello guys,

I have plenty of originals disks game for Atari St.
90% of them doesn't work (read error).
I tried to format some of the disk without success. it failed during the process.

Is their any software to fix my disks or all to bin?

[Maeke]

I'd rather think of a drive issue, did you try recapping and exxos's dma fix (new cpu)?
btw did you try cleaning the drive?

[exxos]

Clean the drive heads for a start.

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[francouai]

It is not the drive.
I tried these disk on 2 others Atari and same problem.

[exxos]

It is not the drive.
I tried these disk on 2 others Atari and same problem.

Have you cleaned the heads on those ?

[francouai]

heads on floppy ?
I think the disks are demagnetized.
not sure if there any software to magnetize them again.

[exxos]

heads on floppy ?

yes, if you are trying to read floppies on 3 floppy drives which have not being serviced then its not a good test.

I hardly ever had any failed floppies, even after 30 years. So makes me think its a machine problem. You could send me a couple of floppies to test here if you want.

[francouai]

I think I did not store these disk into a correct area during the last years.

[exxos]

I think I did not store these disk into a correct area during the last years.

if they have been stored in a damp location then they likely gone moldy. have you taken a floppy apart and inspected the media ?

[francouai]

I'm going to clean up my disk drive.
what the best way to clean this?