zip disk error

help.

my mpc2000xl will not load much from my zip disks. when i try to load an APS file it comes up with 'unexpected disk end', or when i try to load up just a sound, for example, 'disk error' will appear.

i have tried using my old zip disk drive and this happens on that as well. tried using a few different zip disks and it was pretty much the same for all of the (sometimes it would start loading an APS file but 'disk error' would appear after a couple of sounds had loaded, and some sounds if loaded individually would be ok).

from this i reckon it cant be the drive thats at fault, i hope it isnt my disks that have somehow all become corrupt at the same time.

it seems to a problem with the MPC reading information from the SCSI port, especially PGM information.

does anyone know what's the matter with it? can it be repaired? are all of my zip disks corrupted?

any help gratefully appreciated. i may take a couple of days for me to respond as i am rarely near a computer.

thanks

something like what you explained happened to me a few week ago...but i was using a scsi zip drive.

i think its my drive but im not really sure cuz i tried loading off of two different drives and neither worked. maybe because i hot swapped it but it was saving and loading fine up until a few hours later when i tried to make a new folder and save my work.

i dont know what happened but i will never used a scsi zip drive again.

i think it was the click of death but im not completely sure as this was the first time i went through this.

Oh the joys of using outdated media! Been there a few times myself with lost projects and corrupted discs etc. Installing the CF drive is the way to go if you can justify the expense.

ya i just received a CF card reader in the mail bout to install it but it wasnt expensive at all compared to getting it from other sources. that other thread has a place you can get one for like 30 bucks.

only downside is its not hotswappable.

Sounds like a bargain so hopefully the install will be ok.

four eyes,

it wasn't the click of death i have experienced in the past.

as far as i can tell it's not a problem with the drive or disks, although they are notoriously unreliable; i think it's a problem the MPC is having reading certain information received through the SCSI port.

if this is the case, then the problem is with the MPC/SCSI port, and needs to be fixed.

i have a way to test this, but wondered if anyone has had a similar problem and resloved it.

Thanks