Reliability of floppy drives

From: Wirehead Prime <wirehead_at_retrocomputing.com>
Date: Mon Apr 13 08:40:59 1998

> I have had too many 3.5" disks go bad, some my own, some not, not
> to ask why. I mean, is it just a property of 3.5" disks to be
> unreliable, or is something else? Are there any "industrial quality"
> drives/disks that are reasonably reliable?

Always reformat the factory pre-formatted diskettes before using them.
This increases reliability 3 fold in my experience...at least.

Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
Received on Mon Apr 13 1998 - 08:40:59 BST