Reliability of floppy drives

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Apr 13 19:41:48 1998

Wirehead Prime wrote:
>
> > 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.

I _hate_ factory pre-formatted diskettes. I bulk-erase the bastards
before I risk using them under all circumstances. _Might_ be because
of the batch that had the Michealangelo boot virus from the factory.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
				Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Mon Apr 13 1998 - 19:41:48 BST

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