High density disks on double density drives

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Sat Sep 19 13:41:16 1998

It is neither the drive nor the controller per-se, it is the read/write
heads and the media that are incompatible. HD disk media requires a higher
magnetic field to magnetize reliably and the DD drives don't provide it.

--Chuck

At 01:36 PM 9/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I've heard that you shouldn't use high density disks in double
>density drives, that the data wouldn't be reliable.
Received on Sat Sep 19 1998 - 13:41:16 BST