Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!oliveb!felix!kehr
From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What to do with bad disks?
Summary: Should I buy generic diskettes?
Message-ID: <64827@felix.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 88 14:59:30 GMT
References: <15569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP
Reply-To: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA
Lines: 27

In article <15569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60a-2ce@e260-2b.berkeley.edu (Mikey) writes:
>
>I don't know why, but a lot of my NEW blank disks will not initialize.
>I've tried both 400k and 800k formats; neither work. Are there any
>utilities out there that can seal off just the bad blocks so the
>entire disk won't be wasted?

Is this what I can look forward to if I buy generic diskettes?  I recently
received a brochure from MEI/Micro Center (Columbus Ohio) from whom I bought
KAO diskettes at about $1.14 per. This new ad is for (unspecified brand name)
DS/DD or SS/DD 3.5" diskettes at 85 cents per (in lots of 25).  I've had no
problems with the KAO diskettes (formatted and used about 50 of them) but
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who purchased MEI/Micro Center's generic
brand.

The ad says "lifetime warranty."  What does that mean? 

There is a bunch of technical data with which I have nothing else to compare it.Under "Certification" it says "Every diskette is tested and certified to be
100% error-free. All of these diskettes are certified to meet or exceed ANSI
standards."

With a "Money Back Guarantee No Questions Asked" policy, I guess I could return
any that don't format, but how long would the rest of them last?

Thanks for any info.

Shirley Kehr