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Article #16841Re: Using single-sided disks double-sided.
From: Craig D. Singer
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1987 14:21
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1987 14:21
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So SS disks are just like DS disks except that the other side has not been tested by the manufacturer, and using SS disks as DS disks risks losing data to a bad "other side." Ok, but what about the disk verifiers that come with some disk utility packages? Do these things do the same testing as the manufacturer? If so, there's a cheap solution to saving money on disks without risk. If the disk verifiers don't do what the manufacturers do, would some well-informed soul care to describe the differences? -- Craig D. Singer ARPA: cds@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science UUCP: ...!decvax!duke!cds Duke University CSNET: cds@duke Durham, NC 27706-2591 USA Phone (919) 684-5110 ext. 20
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcnc!duke!cds From: cds@duke.cs.duke.edu (Craig D. Singer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Using single-sided disks double-sided. Message-ID: <9766@duke.cs.duke.edu> Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 10:21:13 EDT Article-I.D.: duke.9766 Posted: Thu Jun 11 10:21:13 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 09:13:00 EDT References: <5352@ut-ngp.UUCP> <1029@zog.cs.cmu.edu> Reply-To: cds@duke.UUCP (Craig D. Singer) Distribution: world Organization: Duke University, Durham NC Lines: 17 Summary: What about disk verifiers?