Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:01 pm
Hey so recently I bought an MPC2000 and either the floppy drive or the disk has stopped reading and it comes up with Disk Read Error ! !.
So to my knowledge the first thing i should do is format a new disk for the mpc and try that out.
So will I need to buy an external floppy drive to load the files from my comp onto the disks?
Also, is this easy to do? I cant seem to find tutorials on how to make sure im formatting the disk right.
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:18 pm
How do i format it? I search Windows FAT in my master search and it doesnt come up with anything. I will need an external floppy drive for my laptop to do it right?
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:24 pm
Thanks mate, last q, how do I find the FAT thing. Im pretty bad with computers but when I search "FAT" nothing shows up. :WTF:
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:28 pm
Is the File Allocation Table something I need to download? Sorry for the lack of knowledge VERY new to this.
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:35 pm
I googled how to format floppys and it doesnt say anything about a FAT file. :WTF: dear lady 2000 why you must be so hard to work :WTF:
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By Lampdog Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:23 pm
upinsmoke wrote:how do I find the FAT thing.

Right here
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upinsmoke wrote:Im pretty bad with computers

I see that :lol:
upinsmoke wrote:when I search "FAT" nothing shows up.

What I got when I searched FAT?

This

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upinsmoke wrote:File Allocation Table something I need to download?

File Allocation Table stands for FAT.
Get a computer floppy drive. It will show up in Windows, My Computer, right click on the floppy disk drive icon and choose "format" you will see the option for FAT, choose that. Then follow my earlier advice.

This is not hard, it takes a little knowledge is all. 2k is not a hard machine to figure out. It's actually one of the easiest, it's you :lol:
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By Lampdog Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:59 pm
Not a prob. Let us all know what you come up with later or if you get stuck or something.
By upinsmoke Tue Dec 17, 2013 10:08 pm
Problem solved. It was a bad disk. Thanks again, I'm sure youll see me asking more stupid questions in the near future haha. :mrgreen: