Floppy disk wont initialize? (800k, DD)

[Johnnya101]

I turned on my G3 AIO today, played around with it, installed classilla, blah blah blah. For the first time I decided to try the floppy drive.

I inserted a Sony 800k 2DD disk, this first one was loaded with some Apple IIGS files. The computer said the disk could not be initialized after a few seconds. So, onto the next. This was a blank disk, previously formatted with a macbook of some sort (Said the seller). Computer makes the sounds of th floppy disk turning and spinning, sounds like its initialized, then says it could not be initialized. I took it out and put it back in again (just in case) and it asked for me to name it and stuff again.

I dont think this is hardware... Im gonna say these are just finicky with 800k disks. I dont have any 1.4 MB disks to test.

What could be the problem?

 

[techfury90]

When you format a disk, it does a test for bad sectors, etc. Just because it appears to have worked in the past as a IIgs disk doesn't mean that; the Mac OS formatter may be much more strict about the disk. Your testing sample size is one. You have no way to determine if you just have a bad disk, or if it's a hardware problem. Get some more disks and try them out.

 

[CelGen]

I second that. GS/OS is a lot more forgiving about bad sectors than the Mac OS ever was.

 

[Johnnya101]

Yeah, thats what I figured. Ill have to get some 1.4MB disks. The AIO's have the super drive, and can read the 1.4's, correct?

 

[CelGen]

Uhm.....

Every mac since the IIx has used or supported the SuperDrive.

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Until El Capitan arrived, that is...

You're probably running OS9 on your G3 AIO. Sometimes even 7.5 struggles with 800k floppies. Do you have an older mac to test the 800k disk with?

 

[Johnnya101]

Until El Capitan arrived, that is...

You're probably running OS9 on your G3 AIO. Sometimes even 7.5 struggles with 800k floppies. Do you have an older mac to test the 800k disk with?

No, except my IIGS, which all the disks are fine with.