Re: Question

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith) writes...

>On 11 Feb 1998 23:55 -0500, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
>wrote:
>|>    Speaking of 5.25 disks, under no circumstances will a high density
>|>5.25" diskette work in a double density drive. If you attempt to even
>|>format one, the drive will just grind and report errors throughout the
>|>entire process. The magnetic coating is very different.
> 
>same situation on the 3.5" floppies.

    Not quite. 10 out of 10 times you can format a high density 3.5"
disk in a double density drive (as I stated, they work exactly like
real double density diskettes--the questionable part is how long the
data will remain intact). I'm not debating whether it is a smart move
to be using them in a double density drive (and I'm sure it probably
isn't) just how they're treated by the drive.

    When talking high density 5.25 disks, *0* out of 10 times (or any
amount of tries for that matter) will they format in a double density
floppy drive. They are _completely_ unusable in this case.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca