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From: jwi@cbnewsj.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Bad floppies
Summary: Use a bulk eraser
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.151806.9914@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 15:18:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun16.134805.10539@uvm.edu>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Christopher Blaise writes:

> 	Is there any way to fix those "unfixable" floppies?  Like you try to
> format them but Track 0 is messed, and you're up the creek.  I've tried to
> repair the diskettes with NDD, but to no avail.

Use a bulk eraser on them, then try again.  A bulk eraser is actually just
a strong magnet.  The one I have looks like this from one end:

            ___________
           | --------  |  Steel case with steel plate

               ____
           | \|____|/  |  Bar magnet in \___/ shped steel plate to match
           |___________|  top plate and then steel case around all.

I expect that any stong magenet that covers the whole surface cold be used.

Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.
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