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From: hammen@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Robert J. Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Drilling holes in DS/DD -> DS/HD
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Date: 14 Dec 89 12:13:35 GMT
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Reply-To: hammen@jolnet.UUCP (Robert J. Hammen)
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Drilling holes into a DS disk to "fool" the SuperDrive into thinking it's a 
HD disk is a very risky procedure. The disk may appear to work for a while,
but will eventually fail. The media for the HD disks is different than for
other disks (particularly, its coercivity). It is also not a good idea to
format a HD disk as a DS disk - and you should NEVER reformat that disk as
a HD disk (or so the story goes).

Robert Hammen | Technical Editor | Personal Publishing | hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com