Re: Unable to format microdrives
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:31 pm
Hi Martyn, thanks for the tips! Lods of good info there
I just checked again using mdv1 and the error seems to occur anywhere from 12 to 20 seconds. I'll run some more tests later on the other drives to see if this is consistent, but I don't recall having a very short (7 second) failed format.
It is really strange that even the known working spectrum microdrives also produce the same issue, so I am wondering if maybe mdv1 is a bit funky and that is having a knock on effect down the chain. Going to see if I can remove the internal drives tonight and just run some external ones, that would at least isolate the problem to the QL itself, or the internal drives causing issues I guess?
I am always a sucker for using the original formats if I can, microdrives are fascinating technology for the time

It is really strange that even the known working spectrum microdrives also produce the same issue, so I am wondering if maybe mdv1 is a bit funky and that is having a knock on effect down the chain. Going to see if I can remove the internal drives tonight and just run some external ones, that would at least isolate the problem to the QL itself, or the internal drives causing issues I guess?
I am always a sucker for using the original formats if I can, microdrives are fascinating technology for the time
