Re: Bad Sector on Formatting (was Re: Tos 1.4 Bugs)

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From: Ed Krimen
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 17:12

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In article <RALPH.91May14111833@orion.laas.fr> ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes:
>It is true, other than real cheapo's, the defective floppy disk can be
>returned to the dealer.  (Do you all save all your receipts? :-)

I don't know what you mean by 'real cheapo's.' :^)  I guess you could
say I buy the real cheapos from MEI Micro.  But when I get a disk with 
a bad sector, which is rare, I just call them up and they send me a new
one, free.  Their disks are 39cents each in lots of 25.  It costs me
around $20 for 50.  Their number is 800-634-3478.  Ask them to send you
a catalog.  I've been buying my disks from them for years.

>Still, which formatters on the Atari do at least verify the formatted
>disk?  Especially, MS-DOS compatible formatters; you get 4 extra
>sectors for free!

DC Format 3.02 does verify and marks the bad sectors.

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Subject: Re: Bad Sector on Formatting (was Re: Tos 1.4 Bugs)
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