From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 15:13:30 PST
on 18-02-2003 5:23, Victor Rehorst at victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
> Positive errors are hardware errors. They're nigh impossible to decode unless
> you are using Hammer, the low-level NewtonOS debugger. 99 times out of 100,
> encountering such an error when a card is inserted means that the card is
> damaged - either bad blocks, or some other problem. Since the Newton still
> asks for the card when you remove it, I'd say that the card has developed at
> least one bad block. Unfortunately, the NewtonOS cannot map out bad blocks on
> a linear card, so your card is most likeky useless. Hope you had a backup...
And if you want to be sure about this you can reformat the card in a laptop
and run a disk check/repair utility.
Some cards have been known to work again after formatting them for a
different OS and reformatting for the Newton OS but don't use it for
sensitive data anymore.
Robert Benschop
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