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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?
>

Partner,

If your floppies are getting bad sectors after just a few months of setting or
even using them you must have a problem with the drive, or controller.  I'd
replace the drive or have someone do it soon. 

There is no reason to get bad sectors as long as you don't leave them on top
of a monitor, in the sun, let the dog chew on them etc...

However, I do agree with you when you said "DEATH to FLOPPIES".  It had to go
from a 15ms HD to a SLOW with a capital 'SLOW' floppy.  I even cache my writes
on the floppy and I'd still rather go to the dentist and have some teeth
pulled...




>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? :)

May want to look into Bernulli (sp?) drives.  Much faster than floopies and
alot more reliable.  90meg, <19ms, and something like 500,000 hours MTBF.


>
>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.
>

Out of the 300-500 hundred that I have in use I've found 5 bad and threw them
away right then.  Problems found during the initial format...




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