Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???

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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)

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From: tonyb@removeme.ramhb.co.nz (**Modify to email**)
Subject: Why are more Floppy disks failing these days???
Date: 1998/05/14
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