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From: leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Problems with HD Floppy Media
Keywords: Floppy, HD, FDHD
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Date: 16 Oct 89 20:33:11 GMT
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Reply-To: leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue)
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Adding yet another straw in the wind to the HD floppy/FDHD discussion:

We own a PC-compatible with a 1.4 mbyte 3.5" disk drive.  We've noticed
a very high failure rate for brand new disks.  These are brand-new
IBM-labeled disks.  I don't know who makes them.  About 20-30% of these
disks fail after being reformatted a few times.  In a development
environment, its merely annoying (and expensive).  If we were delivering
customer software on these puppies, it would be a whole lot more serious.
Our diagnosis is that it's the media at fault, not the drive.

-Bill Leue
leue@crd.ge.com

Disclaimer:  These are personal opinions only, not GE's!