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Article #11162Re: Bad floppies
From: Jim Winer AT&T, Middletown, NJ
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 15:18
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 15:18
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Christopher Blaise writes:
> Is there any way to fix those "unfixable" floppies? Like you try to
> format them but Track 0 is messed, and you're up the creek. I've tried to
> repair the diskettes with NDD, but to no avail.
Use a bulk eraser on them, then try again. A bulk eraser is actually just
a strong magnet. The one I have looks like this from one end:
___________
| -------- | Steel case with steel plate
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| \|____|/ | Bar magnet in \___/ shped steel plate to match
|___________| top plate and then steel case around all.
I expect that any stong magenet that covers the whole surface cold be used.
Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!jwi From: jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Bad floppies Summary: Use a bulk eraser Message-ID: <1991Jun17.151806.9914@cbnewsj.att.com> Date: 17 Jun 91 15:18:06 GMT References: <1991Jun16.134805.10539@uvm.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23