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From: DSB100@psuvm.psu.edu (David Barr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MEI/Micro Center floppy disks
Message-ID: <90300.195308DSB100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 27 Oct 90 23:53:08 GMT
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In article <6834@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) says:

>My order of 5.25" HD, 3.5" DD and HD diskettes arrived yesterday
>and I started formatting the 5.25" HD's. The VERY FIRST one was
>a disaster, finally formatting with a number of bad sectors.

I've had similar results with my order of 3.5" HD diskettes.
While my order took a little longer to get here, I figure for the price
it's not a bad deal at all.  As already mentioned, they will replace
defective disks.  5.25" HD diskettes are intrinsically more picky
when it comes to formatting.  I've had more problems with HD 5.25's
than I care to think about.  I refuse to work with them if I don't
have to.

>         My data is too valuable (tens of thousands of dollars
>of consulting research effort on each diskette) to risk it even
>...
I'd agree.  I use namebrand floppies when it comes to my backups, or
somtimes I use these with lots of error checking (I use Norton Backup
and does tend to find errors when backing up on MEI disks)

>Any comments on MEI/Micro? Do they deserve the flame... or
>worse?

Well, not quite a flame, but they could do some testing somewhere along
the line to make sure bad disks don't leave the warehouse.  I have a
feeling this joint is an ~10 person business, running out of an
abandoned building.

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