CompuServe Messages

Clarence, Open a shell type INFO and check the drive's status, if it says Validating and the drive's activity LED light is running continuously and has been since boot-up, leave the computer alone, get a coffee or leave the room. Come back and check on it to see if the light has gone out. If it has type INFO in a shell window and check its status again. If it says Read/Write than the AmigaOS filesystem has repaired the drive. If it still says Validating its time to try a disk utility program. There are several commercial disk repair programs available. One is Ami-Back Tools, the other Quarterback Tools. Each is capable enough to repair most common problems like validating a drive. Another, Shareware disk utility is available online here. It's called DiskSalv Version 2. It has a number of repair features, one of which is Validate. Here's a comparative pricing list on the commercial disk utils. Safe Harbor Ami-Back Tools………………..Moonlighter Soft……………..48.99 QuarterBack Tools……………..Central Coast………………..53.00 COMPUTER SHOPPING NETWORK List Ami-Back Tools ——————-Moonlighter Software– $ 79.95 $ 46.39 Quarterback Tools 1.5 ————New Horizons ———-$ 89.95 $ 52.18 Not sure which version is the latest but this should help. Look for Disksalv in AmigaUser Library Disk Utilities Lib: 9 DKSAL2.LHA Size 106223 DiskSalv 2.0, version 11.28. This is the third public release of he DiskSalv 2 program by Dave Haynie. DiskSalv is a "Disk Salvage" program. It can recover data from a disk in severe trouble, it can fix a good portion of disk problems directly on the problem disk, and it can locate valid partitions on a disk with an unknown layout or damaged rigid disk block. It supports all AmigaDOS file systems through 3.0. Full GUI interface. Shareware. Christopher