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Re: Formatting HD disks as 800K volumes



On Aug 27, 9:37 am, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> This is risky, because the magnetic properties are different for double
> density and high density, and a HD disk written as if it was DD won't be
> very reliable.

Actually for 3.5" media the difference is slight. Many manufacturers
actually used the same formulation for DD and HD media, as a cost
reduction method.