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From: loafman@convexe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: High density drive in AT (not quad)
Message-ID: <63200021@convexe>
Date: 30 Dec 87 15:22:00 GMT
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Nf-From: convexe.UUCP!loafman    Dec 30 09:22:00 1987


/* Written  9:41 am  Dec 29, 1987 by tim@doug.UUCP in comp.sys.ibm.pc */
/* ---------- "High density drive in AT (not quad)" ---------- */
>    I am approaching my frustration limit w.r.t. trying to read and write
>    to high-density disks on my quad-density (96tpi) drive.  While I
>    get no error writing to hd disks, they can not then be read on
>    various xt's about.  Similarly, I am usually unable to read these disks
>    if written by xt's.

A couple of facts that may answer your questions.

- an HD diskette may only be read on an HD drive. (obvious)

- a DD diskette may be formatted and written on an HD drive, but it will
more than likely have problems when being read from a DD drive.

So, if you are trying to format and write DD diskettes on an HD drive,
then take them to be read on a DD drive, you will be out of luck.
Moderate luck can be obtained if the DD disk is formatted on a DD drive.
Some (but not all) HD drive/controller combinations will write DD to that
previously formatted diskette if the phase of the moon is just right.

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