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From: Ray.Chramega <Ray.Chramega@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: Using DD disks as HD disks?
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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:45:48 GMT
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In <1993Jan5.001013.15268@engage.pko.dec.com> ssmith@ncdel.enet.dec.com (Sheldon


>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?

Rebuttle: Although the below statement is somewhat correct, it should be
pointed out that dd and hd disk median is not the same.  The drive head
current used to write to the disk depends on what disk the computer thinks
it's writing to. Although you can convert dd to hd via below method and
you may not ever expierence problems, for a master copy of some data you
risk loosing it over time.  Hdensity head current is lower than dd and the
dd median is designed for a higher current. Despite that some people feel
disk makers are using the same disk but charging us more for hd is not
true. Also they really don't check the unused side of a dd disk.
***************************USE AT OWN RISK******************************

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 I bought a really nice 3 1/2" disk conversion tool from "THE SOFTWARE LABS"
at 3767 Overland Avenue #112, Los Angeles, CA. 90034-6311. Their phone
number is (800) 359-9998. It's made of heavy guage, deep drawn steel and is
endorsed by COMPUTE and PC LAPTOP magazines. I've converted hundreds of
disks that I use all the time and have had no problems at all with their
performance. The conversion tool is the best computer utility I own. I
wouldn't worry at all about backing up a hard drive on converted disks that
were made using this tool. The only caution they make is that certain disks
are constructed with flimsy shells and may crack under the preasure of the
tool. I've had no problems with bulk disks from CompUSA, MidWest Micro or
brands such as Fuji, Maxell or Sony. It's worth your time to try this
miracle utilty at all costs.

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