Re: Platinum 5.25" drive problem

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

<noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message 3B4B09DA.84F38F56@nowhere.net">news:3B4B09DA.84F38F56@nowhere.net...
> OK for those of you who are more gullible than other, that last post is
> dangerous.  If you place a HD disk onto a speaker magnet, it will
> magnatize the disk with a strong field.  If you then place this disk in
> your floppy drive you will most undoubtedly magnatize the head.  If the
> head is magnatized it will not read your disks, it will erase them.
>
> Only erase disks by formatting them.  If they do not take a format,
> throw them away as they will be unreliable.
>
> Thankx,
> Ed
>


They used to make bulk erasers for diskettes.

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