Re: dd->hd hole puncher

[behrenss@muc.de (Soenke Behrens)]

In article <termusta.762723548@polaris>,
Tero P. Mustalahti <termusta@utu.fi> wrote:
>mspaeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Wayne Gretzky) writes:
>>In article <2l4232$ooa@crl2.crl.com>, Matthew Pearce <mpearce@crl.com> wrote:
>>>I am looking for a device to punch a hole in a 3.5 disk to change it from
>>>double density to high density.
>>>Can someone send me the address + phone # of a company selling one?
>>Just pay the extra money for HD disks.  Punched DD disks aren't very reliable
>>when formatted HD...
>Well, actually I have used several DD disks as HD for months now without any 
>problems, I have rewritten on them many many times. They are Scotch/3M disks.
>So some of them ARE reliable.

Months ... and you talk about reliability ... muhaha :)

Well, how about this: DD disks are HD disks that failed a test. They actually
are, you know. As far as I know, disks are manufactured in batches. If random
disks out of a batch fail, the batch is declared DD and sold as such.

Let me quote from the BlueDisk draft manual:

"Do not take DD disks and punch out the HD media ID hole to try and save money on disks. Disks are cheap compared to data. Using DD disks in HD drives will
eventually cause loss of data, and it will occur when you have no other
backups available (Murphy's Law)."

He's right, you know.

Soenke