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From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: backing up 3.5" disks
Message-ID: <1990Feb14.210246.8176@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 90 21:02:46 GMT
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In article <8277@wpi.wpi.edu> greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender) writes:
>I have already written one very similar.  But I find myself asking
>one question, why would you want to?  3.5 inch disks are MUCH
>more reliable, and easier to use.

I would also have to question the original poster's logic behind backing up
3.5" disks on 5.25" disks.  However, I do question Mr. Pender's claim that
3.5" disks are more reliable than 5.25" disks.  I've had the opposite
experience.  In four-and-a-half years I've never had a disk go bad on my
IIe.  When I came to the University of Illinois and started using Macs in some
of my classes, I had to start getting 3.5" disks.  I've had at least three
disks go bad in the six months I've been here.  3.5" disks are nice for their
large capacity, but I question their reliability, at least as you claim that
they are "MUCH more reliable."

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