Re: 5.25 in disk drive

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Mark Percival writes:

>He would
>have to make sure that he used DSDD 3.5 disks, the ones with the
>single read/write hole on top of the disk.  Standard 2HD disks may
>work for his purpose if he covers the extra hole with a piece of tape.

Nope, not safely.  This has been discussed too many times here!

You can try it if you want, and it may work for you--for a while.  But
there are no guarantees about the longevity of readable data when
a 3.5" HD disk is written by a DD drive.

-michael

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