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From: shapiro@rb-dc1.UUCP (Mike Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Question about diskette densities
Message-ID: <573@rb-dc1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 03:36:37 GMT
References: <2210@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <2096@astroatc.UUCP>
Reply-To: shapiro@rb-dc1.SanDiego.gould.UUCP (Michael Shapiro)
Organization: Encore Computer, San Diego (was Gould, soon to be extinct)
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In article <2096@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
... [regarding a question on formatting DSDD diskettes as HD]
>
>                          Once a diskette (that is not HD) is formatted
>that way, they normally will not format the correct way.  I have done it.
>The diskette had to be thrown away.

I have found that most times when I have had a diskette that was badly
messed up in the formatting process, I could simply "bulk erase" it
(with a bulk eraser designed for audio or video tape) and start over
fresh.  I've had very few diskettes that have gone bad, except by
excessive wear or mechanical damage, that couldn't be made reusable in
this way (even in CP/M days on my Kaypro II.)
-- 
Michael Shapiro, Encore Computer Corporation (formerly Gould/GSD)
15378 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128
(619)485-0910    UUCP: shapiro@rb-dc1  
(This location will close, starting July 10.  I will be moving on.)