Re: HD floppies in a DD drive.

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)]

Michael_Ewen@mindlink.bc.ca (Michael Ewen) wrote:

>>   As many also-PC users will recall, it was once standard procedure to
>>punch a hole in the left corner of DD 3.5" diskettes and use them for
>>1.44MB HD's. The DD's were a lot cheaper and usually worked fine.

>      Does this mean that the opposite applies?  All I need to is cover up
>that hole and it will work as a DD disk?

You only have to worry about that if you intend to use the HD disk as a
DD disk in an HD drive.  Actually, I recommend it, as it will help you
from accidentally reformatting the DD-formatted HD disk as HD.  It's a
great use for all those unused extra write protect tabs from 5.25" disk.
(Also good for "imperfect" disks that got put together without write
protect sliders so that you can write to them.)

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