There are also chemical/mechanical problems with magnetic media; the
binder that holds the iron oxides to the mylar substrate fail over time.
eg. the bits physically flake off. I would guess it's highly
brand-dependent, and secndarily by handling, flexing, temp, envionment,
as Dwight sez, an absolute maybe!
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 13:24, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
> Hi Chris
> The answer is absolutely maybe. It really depends
> on the original cause. Try running some test with
> a known good drive.
> You didn't state what you were running on? Things
> like Nortons disk doctor have good serface test.
> Dwight
>
> >From: chris <cb_at_mythtech.net>
> >
> >Will a magnetic bulk eraser restore a floppy to good status?
> >
> >I have some floppies that are reporting bad sectors when formatted. I've
> >tried bulk erasing them, and a format afterwards reports no bad sectors.
> >Is this actually working, or am I just getting lucky, and those bad
> >sectors will return shortly.
> >
> >These are DSDD 3.5's which are getting a little harder to come by. So if
> >bulk erasing works, then I'll do that and salvage them.
> >
> >-chris
> ><http://www.mythtech.net>
> >
> >
>
Received on Wed Feb 04 2004 - 14:22:49 GMT