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From: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer)
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Subject: Problems with low-density diskettes on high-density drives
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Date: 18 Jul 89 16:45:33 GMT
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Does anyone have a systematic documentation and explanation of problems
related to handling low-density diskettes on high-density drives?
Detailed questions that relate to this problem complex are below:
1) Why are there problems (sometimes, but obviously not always) in reading
   low density diskettes on a low density drive that have been formatted
   on high density drives using the /4 switch?
2) Does this problem also apply to 3 1/2 " drives?
3) Are there ever problems when a diskette is formatted on a low-density
   drive, but written-to on a high-density drive (if you later want to
   read it on a low-density drive again).