Floppy disk corrupted error

I'm a new MPC user and just picked up a used MPC3000. It came with an OS 3.16 floppy upgrade that also has TR-808 drums on it. I can turn on the 3000 and with this floppy in it and everything boots up and works fine, drums and all. But then I bought some new pre-formatted 2HD 1.44 disks and put them in the MPC to re-format to the 3000 format per the MPC manual instructions so I can save sequences and samples and I get a message that says the disk is corrupted or un-useable. I then tried taping the little open hole on the disk and get the same error message. What gives? One disk works, but new ones don't? Forgive my newby ignorance - how do I re-format a new disk?

The specific error that popped up on the MPC 3000 screen is "FF04"

---Dialogue

Dialogue wrote:I'm a new MPC user and just picked up a used MPC3000. It came with an OS 3.16 floppy upgrade that also has TR-808 drums on it.

OK ...

What version is in ROM of this MPC3000 ?

Dialogue wrote:I can turn on the 3000 and with this floppy in it and everything boots up and works fine, drums and all.

As it should.

Dialogue wrote:But then I bought some new pre-formatted 2HD 1.44 disks and put them in the MPC to re-format to the 3000 format per the MPC manual instructions so I can save sequences and samples and I get a message that says the disk is corrupted or un-useable..

Perhaps the disks are bad ?

Or the floppy disk drive isn't working correctly in write mode.

Dialogue wrote:I then tried taping the little open hole on the disk and get the same error message. What gives? One disk works, but new ones don't? Forgive my newby ignorance - how do I re-format a new disk?.

These might be a bad batch of disks.

Or ...... maybe the floppy disk drive is bad.

Dialogue wrote:The specific error that popped up on the MPC 3000 screen is "FF04"

I don't have my error list here on hand.

I'll look it up and post back with some more info.

Rohan.

Thanks Rohan. It's a new set of disks and I tried some other disks I had at the house, so I don't think it's that. I'm hoping the floppy drive isn't bad, which I'm not sure how it could be if the other floppy loads up correctly.

If the drive is working correctly and I have good disks, is it necessary to tape up the hole like I did?