Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Path: utzoo!censor!meadow!py
From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Re: MEI/Micro Center floppy disks
Message-ID: <1990Oct30.191312.10002@meadow.uucp>
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
References: <6834@hub.ucsb.edu> <90300.195308DSB100@psuvm.psu.edu> <90300.224007F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 19:13:12 GMT

In article <90300.224007F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>data.  Once a disk is formatted without any errors, has anyone had problems
>with the disks later developing problems?  Can I rely on these disks for
>long-term storage?

It depends on what do you mean by "long-term". I have a whole bunch of 5.25"
floppies went bad on me. They were at least 6 years old. Once a floppy went
bad, it went downhill pretty quick (i.e. once bad sectors started appearing,
it got worse and worse in subsequent usage). However, today's floppies may
be better. BTW, all those bad floppies were brand name like Dysan and CDC,
there were no "no-brand name" floppies back then.


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Peter Yeung     Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
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