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  • Hard drive keeps disapearing in 'My Computer'One of my hard drives keeps disappearing. If I goto device manager it shows up. If i goto bios it shows up. But if I goto 'My Computer' it is not the…

    ... game that is on that drive it does not work.
    drive.

    Its a 6 ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2009 Chit chat
  • +3 disks or drive problem?hi my ebay +3 arrived today and I got some disks elsewhere for it and they don't seem to format.. I can get a "cat" up and try the format a: and it …

    ... : and it tells me the drive is write protected. I checked ... the tabs, and put them in both ways, and no joy ... diagnostic etc?

    thanks in advance
    fog fog October 2009 Hardware
  • Commodore 1541 disk Drive.I cannot find the original thread I said this in before so I'll start a new one. I am thinking of getting a commodore 1541 Disk drive for my old br…

    ... original thread I said this in before so I'll start ... getting a commodore 1541 Disk drive for my old bredbin.


    I am interested in getting the mark one to ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2009 Chit chat
  • Divide+ and Iomega Zip DriveHi everybody. I tried to connect an ATAPI Zip 100 Drive (powered externally) to my Spectrum 48k with Divide+ but there's some trouble. But I don't t…

    ... connect an ATAPI Zip 100 Drive (powered externally) to my Spectrum ... connector).
    - DEMFIR recognizes the drive string during the INIT procedure ... able to connect the Zip drive, or have some tip?
    dg67 dg67 December 2009 Hardware
  • my hard drive is dying!my hard drive is on the way out, I'm having difficulty logging in to windows (in safe mode right now, at least that works for the moment) but if I do…

    ... drive is on the way out, I'm having difficulty logging in ... to windows (in safe mode right now ... if I don't log in to WOS for awhile at ...
    ghbearman ghbearman December 2009 Chit chat
  • Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…

    ... +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very ... br />
    This happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC ... are responsible of autorrepeat feature in the Spectrum ROM), with the ... the region called K-STATE in system vars).

    ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2009 Hardware
  • Blimmin' Windows Update ruined my Disc Drive - or did it?I got a new PC from my mate, which he built up from various old models he had lying around and installed it all with a proper version of Windows and …

    ... , I stuck a disc in the drive and tried to load it ... on Google, I uninstalled the drive and then re-installed it ... solution to the problem....The drive was new and hadn't ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 December 2009 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +3 drive operating tipsFrom my personal experience. If you have replaced the belt and your speccy's drive still doesn't operate , check the following a) Measure the output …

    ... and your speccy's drive still doesn't operate ... locate a small trimmer in the bottom left corner. ... 12v supplied and your drive will work again.
    b) if your drive tries to read the disk ... original position and watch the drive function again.

    batsilos batsilos January 2010 Hardware
  • PS2 hard drive?I believe you can get a hard drive fitted to ps2. So, can you just put your disc games on to this if you fit one? How many games can you put on i…

    ... you can get a hard drive fitted to ps2.

    in buying second hand ps2 games and the old dvd drive ... clue, so be idiot-friendly in your reply please ;-)
    urbanupstart urbanupstart February 2010 Chit chat
  • +3 broken with broken disk drive.Ok, so today at a car boot sale I picked up a Spectrum +3 for ?5. It's in good condition, powers up and works well. However, the disk drive does not…

    ... in good condition, powers up and works well. However, the disk drive ... 'm guessing it is the drive belt, but I'm wondering ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Floppy disk driveWANTED: Amstrad CPC / ZX Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive. If the seller is interested, I could send him my non-functional disk drive. Someone …

    ... Spectrum 3" working floppy disk drive.

    If the seller ... him my non-functional disk drive. Someone attempted to repair it ... missing parts.

    Thanks in advance.
    Zup Zup May 2010 Wanted
  • OPUS Discocery DriveHi, since I am new here pls. excuse my bad English. I have a problem with 2 OPUS DISK Drive. One of them is working fine the other not. So I decided…

    ... problem with 2 OPUS DISK Drive.
    One of them is ... /> and want to plug in as 2nd Drive to the working one ... /> Ribbon Cable to the OPUS Drive.
    Both are exactly the ...
    parz2402 parz2402 May 2010 Hardware
  • DIVIDE+ and +3 Disk DriveProbably been asked before (and I'll search the forums again) but is there any possibility of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a +3E …

    ... of using the +3 disk drive with the DIVIDE+ without a ... Islands (128K, won't load in Divide+) to be played.
    brownb2 brownb2 June 2010 Development
  • Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…

    ...

    The keyboard is in excellent condition, though some of ... your TV screen. Everything is in excellent condition considering its age ... for something printed today! Comes in its original box, with ... a modern day PC floppy drive, and uses the same cables ...
    teamemark teamemark June 2010 Sales
  • Spectrum +3 drive not ready errorHi, Just picked up a +3 on ebay. Machine appears to be in overall good condition and works. I have finally got some 3" discs (formatted for Amstrad …

    ... ebay. Machine appears to be in overall good condition and works ... format "a:" I get a drive not ready error.


    Could it be drive belts? The drive does appear to whir ...
    AceGrace AceGrace November 2010 Hardware
  • 3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…

    ... . I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 ... for the ready signal. The drive spins up, but I don ... same results using it as drive B.
    I've ... is the disk drive maybe faulty?
    The drive is from an ... 'm going to test it in my my working STE later ...
    Glenn Glenn December 2010 Hardware
  • Hard Drive QuestionI've recently re-installed windows on a new hard drive. I've kept the old hard drive and have been going through it deleting everything, as I check t…

    ... windows on a new hard drive.
    I've kept the ... old hard drive and have been going through ... protected operating system files (Recommended)" in control panel.

    So ...
    murtceps murtceps January 2011 Chit chat
  • loading games from hard drive?hi, I want to know if it's possible to load games from my pc hard drive onto the spectrum+2, and to be able to save games onto the harddrive that hav…

    ... games from my pc hard drive onto the spectrum+2, and ... /+d/disks etc.
    thanks in advance
    two sheds two sheds February 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…

    ... in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive ... the TAP version stored in WOS. This version has ... each block to be loaded in "extended" memory. To ... sound but no action in screen, or simply ... all the available memory in all pages) succesfully? ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix March 2011 Development
  • Hard drive caddy for 1tb 2.5 inch disk drive.Silly me. I went and brought a 1tb 2.5 inch hard drive and a caddy. I brought the drive and the caddy saparately because I wanted a caddy with both E…

    ... 1tb 2.5 inch hard drive and a caddy. I brought ... the drive and the caddy saparately because ... is to tall to fit in the caddy. Any reccomendations?
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk March 2011 Chit chat
  • Was there ever an 8" Floppy Drive for the SpectrumThis has been bugging me for a while now... I seem to remember adverts in the early eighties for an [URL="http://oldcomputers.net/floppydisks.html"]…

    ... /> I seem to remember adverts in the early eighties for an ... .net/floppydisks.html"]8" Floppy Drive [/URL]and associated interface.
    drive via homebrew hardware?
    spectrumlinux spectrumlinux March 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New drive belt on a +2.. er.. problem!Hi again, still working on my +2s.. I replaced the belts and it's good, it's working. However, now, the drive is very noisy, erratic and slow. I've…

    ... 's working. However, now, the drive is very noisy, erratic and ... I disable the pin, the drive works fine.

    Is ... a piccy of the pin in question...

    Help please ...
    Spirantho Spirantho April 2011 Hardware
  • +3 Drive problemsHi all, I'm currently trying to get the drives on my three +3 machines working, I have replacement drive belts and have cleaned and replaced the bel…

    ... working, I have replacement drive belts and have cleaned and ... was causing problems with drive selection (light was on ... a cat a:), results in either a missing address mark ... a disk often results in a no data error. ... have replaced the 3" in one of the machines with ...
    prime prime May 2011 Hardware
  • 128K blues, part +2: picture and tape driveI recently purchased an original (grey) +2 which sadly seems not to be fully working. The computer powers up but there is no way to obtain a stable p…

    ... to "auto-tune" when plugged in RF (tried on a CRT ... other Spectrums). Moreover, the tape drive, rather than being simply defective ... RWAP, who offers such services in a reliable way?
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2011 Hardware
  • Disciple disk interface with powered driveI have a Disciple disk interface for sale for anyone who has a decent offer in mind. It comes with 3.5" DD drive with power supply and cabling and s…

    ... offer in mind.

    It comes with 3.5" DD drive ...
    bverstee bverstee June 2011 Sales
  • For sale in the U.S.Just a heads-up. I'm not the one selling these, but since they're hard to find... [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/Timex-Computer-TC2048-Motherboard-Workin…

    ... -Timex-FDD-3000-clone-Disk-Drive-System-/180684624131?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0& ... =item2a11a49103"]Stavi FDD6000 floppy disk drive system (no interface) (clone of ... 5 1/2 drive as A: and 3" drive as B: )[/URL ... a lot more great items in the next few weeks. If ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2011 Sales
  • Timex Floppy Disk Drive emulation discussionI feel embarrassed for starting this topic because I can't contribute with actual code, but this is a new attempt to simplify and present what the Ti…

    ... the one that became popular in Portugal, the FDD3000.
    drive system, but we won ... computers to students in Portugal in the late eighties, ... write Timex disks in its disk drive it would be ... all over the internet, in English, Polish and Portuguese ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2011 Emulators
  • Media player and hard drive?As other people on this forum have remarked, hard drives are now so cheap that they rival DVD-Rs as a medium for storing film and TV archives. And si…

    ... media player and a hard drive or two for this task ... that plugs in to the TV, connects to a hard drive, and ... a caddy for the hard drive to connect to the PC ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2011 Chit chat
  • How do I password protect an external hard drive?my laptop is 50gb, my new external hard drive is 500gb I dumped most of my personal files from laptop to external drive. my laptop is password prot…

    ... 50gb, my new external hard drive is 500gb

    I ... files from laptop to external drive.

    my laptop is ... I password protect the external drive?

    Is there a ...
    thx1138 thx1138 September 2011 Chit chat
  • MGT plusD +d bundle inc disk drive for saleReluctant sale due to imminent baby in December and too many toys! MGT plusD fully working with external floppy drive, pass through joystick adaptor…

    ... sale due to imminent baby in December and too many toys ... fully working with external floppy drive, pass through joystick adaptor, load ... some seem to be selling drive alone for) ono for the ...
    xbomber xbomber October 2011 Sales
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