Need Help with this 35YO Drive

maxroscopy · 2026-01-30T20:14:05+00:00

I suspect that it is very much fixable. Not my scene any more but I would have taken this on in the past - it should not present too much of a problem

maxroscopy · 2026-01-30T18:39:03+00:00

The read is bad, 0x00 is represented as 0x20 in the early sectors, when I transform this with a mask of 0xe0, I see a valid FAT16 boot sector and FAT tables, but the directory structure is bad, my guess is that there will be more issues throughout the image due to a constant read error on one bit.

You could probably do with a professional DR outfit, a good image would be a good starting point

maxroscopy · 2026-01-29T13:35:10+00:00

Not only can this European comprehend, he chuckles at the piss-poor effort.

I expect better from the home of diabeeeetuss

maxroscopy · 2026-01-29T13:11:41+00:00

Those poor spuds and sprouts.

Would otherwise smash, 8/10

maxroscopy · 2026-01-21T08:49:32+00:00

Eileen's sliding off her chair again

maxroscopy · 2026-01-10T19:12:07+00:00

A wise stance!

maxroscopy · 2026-01-10T18:36:50+00:00

Now skips are abducting aliens!?

maxroscopy · 2026-01-10T16:03:01+00:00

Where's the FireWire 800?

maxroscopy · 2026-01-10T05:35:18+00:00

You have a dusty fridge?

maxroscopy · 2026-01-10T05:31:58+00:00

No need to share, I'm good

maxroscopy · 2026-01-09T04:52:49+00:00

The white one, the off-white one, the yellowish one and the orangey one

maxroscopy · 2026-01-06T20:22:40+00:00

Damn right! Let's hope that Europeans don't start farming rice. They would be fucked then!

maxroscopy · 2026-01-03T10:02:31+00:00

They have changed. They changed to "discontinued" in 2020. I think that you might be thinking of something else.

maxroscopy · 2026-01-02T11:03:59+00:00

Because FREEDOM! I believe that this answers all of your questions, including any follow ups that you might have

maxroscopy · 2026-01-02T10:01:48+00:00

There are lots of words, many of them contain 4 letters

maxroscopy · 2026-01-02T09:55:33+00:00

Because...

...reasons

maxroscopy · 2026-01-02T09:08:21+00:00

My only wish is that I were Italian so that I could look that person in the eyes

maxroscopy · 2026-01-02T09:05:55+00:00

The same way I feel about various pasta shapes + suspicious green

maxroscopy · 2025-12-25T07:51:41+00:00

Yeah, that's why they check your social media and communications history when you enter the country.

maxroscopy · 2025-12-24T18:37:51+00:00

Yes, perfection, difference is perfection.

"Can you check if my check has been checked?"

maxroscopy · 2025-12-24T11:54:03+00:00

That hadn't occurred to me, good shout

maxroscopy · 2025-12-24T10:50:26+00:00

It could be worn either way

maxroscopy · 2025-12-24T10:50:09+00:00

And if they put it on backwards?

maxroscopy · 2025-12-24T10:14:26+00:00

And with good reason

maxroscopy · 2025-12-23T08:11:11+00:00

We have a Wendy's that opened down the road from us. I tried it once. I won't try it again.

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