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Re: Good source for "new" 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks?

Subject: Re: Good source for "new" 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks?
From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:17:29 -0700
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glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

Steven Hirsch wrote:
(snip)
So, my statement about DD and HD 3.5" media having differentcoercivity was correct? That's what I thought.
I think so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_format

seems to agree.  Though the difference between DD and HD 3.5in isn't
as big as between DD and HD 5.25in, so it might be close enough.


Or, put another way, if your 3.5" DD drive is in any way marginal, then
it will have difficulty writing an HD disk with any permanence.

If you're not sure, and you care about the permanence of your data,
HD media in DD 3.5" drives should be avoided.

As noted before, a DD 5.25" drive will *not* reliably write HD media.

-michael

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