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From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Making a floppy drive ignore high density hole
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Date: 23 Jul 90 15:26:37 GMT
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In article <803@digi.lonestar.org>, mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman) writes...
>  I need
>this because I have disks formatted at 720K for my laptop that my PC insists
>are HD, since they have a hole in them, so I cannot write info to that disk
>on my PC without scrambling the FAT.
> 
> 
>		Thanks in advance,
>		Matthew


	A much simpler solution is to use a piece of opaque tape to cover the
hole. Works just fine! It also doesn't "disfigure" your computer/drive in view
of eventual resale value.

	/s/	Bob