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Article #1028Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
From: Jim Dompier
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00
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In article <6jfeqk$2na$1@news.ramhb.co.nz>, tonyb@removeme.ramhb.co.nz says... > Hi and thanks for reading this > > I wonder if others have noted the seeming higher failure rate for floppy disks these days. > > I, and others that I have spoken to have all noted this. > > This is with prime spec disks (not rubbish) in brands like FUJI, SONY and VERBATIM > > 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. > > 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) > > (modify the address to email) > I have found the Sony to be much better than the others. I buy them in packs of 100 and with Sony I usually only throw away a couple... Fuji and Verbatim I throw away 6 or 8 out of 100 -- Jim Dompier You don't have to go to Hawaii to get a pair of Island Shades! http://www.islandshades.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: f4d7c,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d7c,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 11196f,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gid11196f,public X-Google-Thread: f70d1,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public X-Google-Thread: f5f89,f0cdfaa7f521fb49 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f89,public From: jdompier@my-dejanews.com (Jim Dompier) Subject: Re: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days??? Date: 1998/05/15 Message-ID: <MPG.fc6cfeb20cf323298984c@news.lava.net> X-Deja-AN: 353753357 References: <6jfeqk$2na$1@news.ramhb.co.nz> Reply-To: jdompier@my-dejanews.com Organization: IslandSoft Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,aus.computers.ibm-pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems