Re: Platinum 5.25" drive problem

[Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

william strutts wrote:

> <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.

They also used to have to demagnitize disk heads. I wonder why?

Roy

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