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From: userDAR@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Ross)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Formatting 720K disks to 1.44 Megs HELP!!
Message-ID: <668@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 30 Nov 89 16:38:40 GMT
References: <1989Nov27.212809.7241@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <5556@cps3xx.UUCP>
Organization: University of Alberta (MTS)
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In article <5556@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
>In article <1989Nov27.212809.7241@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (George Wang) writes:
>>I wanted to do some high volume backups by using regular,
>>low cost 720K generic disks and formatting them to 1.44 megs..
>>However, I have not been able to format the disks at 1.44 megs..
>>It keeps on giving me invalid media/bad track 0... The funny
>>George Wang
>>University of Illinois
>>gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>
>I suggest that you don't try to use 720k disks in a 1.44M format.  The
...
>DD, and rejects.  I discourage use of 720k disks at 1.44M, even if they
>seem to work ok.  Your data is probably has value to you!  Don't take
>unnecessary risks.
>
YES!  I agree completely with Ken above.  DO NOT use 720K disks formatted
at 1.44M!!!!  I can almost guarantee that you will have Data errors
popping up all over the place.  I work in an area that offers a laser-
printing service and we very often get people coming in with DD disks
formatted at 1.44M and we find our machines can't read their files.
We can't help them.
Don't risk your information for the sake of a few bucks.
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