I used to have this happen on my computer at my previous job.  It would
happen all of the time.  Even in the middle of software installation.
Sometimes I would pop the disk out and put it back in and things would start
working again.  I had never thought of the heads being misaligned.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick & Kay McCune <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 4:33 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Unformatted floppy


>I have developed a little problem and I was hoping that you could help me
>with it......From time to time, when I insert a 1.44 floppy in the drive to
>either read or write (to or from the disk), it gives me this message:"The
>disk in drive A is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" This
>happens on known formatted disks. I have also discovered that if I turn the
>disk (from the bottom side) just a hair, it then recognizes it as being
>formatted. Could it be that my drive head is slighty mis-aligned???? Or am
I
>dealing with something from the Twilight Zone!!!!!!!   TIA
>
>Rick & Kay McCune
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>No Matter Where You Go......
>There You Are!