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tonyb@removeme.ramhb.co.nz (**Modify to email**) wrote:

>Hi and thanks for reading this
>
>I wonder if others have noted the seeming higher failure rate for floppy disks these days.
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>I, and others that I have spoken to have all noted this.   
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>This is with prime spec disks (not rubbish) in brands like FUJI, SONY and VERBATIM
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>The most common problem is with a Track ZERO error but I have also had disks that have been 
>formatted and a few days later have a data error.  
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>For myself I have replaced the floppy drive itself, but no change.   
>This also occurs under DOS 6.22, DOS 7 and WIN95
>
>What is happening ??????
>
>Tony - New Zealand
>(Land of Earthquakes and Sheep)
>
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I have noticed this as well.  I have 5 year old Maxell diskettes that
are more reliable than brand new diskettes of the same brand.  I have
tried different brands and different machines, different drives the
outcome is the same.  Error reading disks.  I have gotten to a point
now that if I need to transfer a file from home to work or from my
machine to any other machine for that matter, I have to make two
copies of the files on seperate diskettes.

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