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From: pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.multimedia,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Diffs between DD & HD disks
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.212942.8780@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 21:27:24 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.054400.2126@skypod.uucp>, marc@skypod.uucp (Marc Fournier) writes...

>In article <1991Apr9.191024.7048@cc.tut.fi> public@cc.tut.fi (PD Software Group) writes:
>>
>>
>>try this (I mean if you still have those disks): Make a hole to DD
>>disk at the same location than on the HD disk's HD hole is and try
>>then read the disk on the HD drive. It should be usable again.
>>
>>
>	Can someone tell me if this only works with 3.5" disks, or
>5.25" also?  I've got tons of DS/DD 5.25" disks that I would like to
>convert to HD if possible.
> 

    NO WAY!  The diff in media between a DD and a HD 5 1/4 disk is mongo-huge.
Plus, no extra hole, anyway.
    						- Z -

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