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Article #1164Re: Help WD1002: Save my reputation
From: Tim Bierman
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 13:50
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 13:50
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John@blundell.demon.co.uk "John Blundell" writes:
> You also need to decide on your interleave factor. This is much more important
> with XTs than ATs. Amstrads needed particularly high interleave factors. This
> can be a bit of a black art. There used to be a pair of free programs from
> Spinrite that allowed you to make appropriate measurements. Mail me if you
> would like a copy.
Or you could format it with a guessed interleave (3 is a fair place to
start), then after you get it to boot up run Norton CALIBRAT, which works
out the best interleave and non-destructively reformats each track.
--
Tim
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