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Article #20099Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!
From: Timothy Hu
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:58
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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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!gatech!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!ico!timhu From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu) Subject: Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!! Message-ID: <1993Jan27.195810.8919@ico.isc.com> Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO References: <1993Jan27.063559.71696@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:58:10 GMT Lines: 23