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From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Weirdness with High Density drives and the ST 
Message-ID: <9002040453.AA12498@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: 4 Feb 90 04:52:42 GMT
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I have had the following happen to me, and am unable to explain or correct it.
Anyone having a solution or an explination please post to this newsgroup, or
reply to me directly.

  The scenario:

       1.  I formatted a 3.5" floppy in Double Density mode on an 386
           equiped with High Density drives (I used format b: /t:80 /n:9)
       2.  I then put some files on it, with the PC (not an st).
       3.  Took it home to my trusty ST, ready to blast through some editing
           with Tempus 2.  Files read fine from the disk, in and out of  
           subdirectories.
       4.  Take back my now edited and improved files, and shove the disk
           back into the 386.
       5.  386 gives me no volume name (there was one), and no files.

After some experimentation, I have found that if I modify a disk in any way
(with the ST), the contents will be gone as far as the 386 is concerned.  I
am most miffed.  
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         Mickey Boyd                 |    "Nobody can be exactly like me.
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