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Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!

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From: Timothy Hu
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:58
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In article <1993Jan27.063559.71696@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> ry01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT YUNG) writes:
>I've had it! I'm always getting bad sectors on my 1.44 disk! They format fine,
>but when I put stuff on them, I'm screwed! I've tried name brand disks and even
>they can go BAD! IS there an alternative?
>
>I guess it'll cost too much to buy a MO drive, so maybe a tape drive? How
>reliable ARE they? Can they last a month without data loss? Anybody got a WORM
>drive they want to donate? :)
>
>Maybe it's just me, but how are your floppies holding out? No, I'm not living
>next to a power station. Thank you for any input.
>
>-- 
>================================== ILAN ======================================
> Unsolved mysteries: What is so BAD about leaving the toilet seat up??
>==================(Robert) Bobby Yung_______RY01@Lehigh.Edu===================

I haven't had a bad floppy in over three years. I suspect that something
is wrong with your drive. When was the last time you cleaned it?
-- 
Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com	 | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed
Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
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