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Subject: Re: Using single-sided disks double-sided.
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Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 20:10:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 11 20:10:44 1987
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In article <9766@duke.cs.duke.edu>, cds@duke.cs.duke.edu (Craig D. Singer) 
writes:
> 
> So SS disks are just like DS disks except that the other side has not been
> tested by the manufacturer, and using SS disks as DS disks risks losing data
> to a bad "other side."
>
Nope - you lose data on any one side of a DS disk and you usually lose the
whole disk, unless you've got some recovery tools and then it is only a maybe
on recovering some of the data.
 
The gist of the situations is as follows:  It is foolish to save a couple
of bucks per case of diskettes to use single sided instead of double sided.

granted no disks are perfect, but why take risks unnecessarily?  After all,
backups are made only after data is lost, right?  :-).


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