Using DD disks as HD disks?

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From: Sheldon E. Smith
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 00:10

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In article <1992Dec30.104013.28558@Princeton.EDU>,
bathurst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Bathurst) writes:
|>HD diskettes are coated,
|>like DD, but then polished more to reduce surface bumps that would
|>produce magnetic irregularities.  This thins the coating.  The lower
|>density drive is designed to penetrate a thick coating with
|>magnetism;
|>when it does this to the thin coating, the magntic domains grow
|>sideways rather than downward and may interfere with other tracks.
|>

From this and other things said, can I use (cheaper) 3 1/2 DD disks in my HD
drive without problems?   Assuming I ADD THE SECOND HOLE?

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Subject: Using DD disks as HD disks?
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