jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) (03/10/88)
I have some Big-Blue friends (no, they aren't smurfs) who use single sided 3.5 floppies in a double sided environment without fail. I have also used 5.25's on several systems that were SS and the drives were DS. My question is, do I have a bad bunch of floppies, a sneaky unfindable virus, or is it that the Amy just doesn't like SS disks? The reason I have CONSIDERED it to possibly be a virus is that track 40 always gets glitched. Never any problems anywhere else, just the root track. Any help is appreciated.
jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) (03/10/88)
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tlm@pur-phy (Timothy Lee Meisenheimer) (03/11/88)
In article <384@coplex.UUCP> jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) writes: > >I have some Big-Blue friends (no, they aren't smurfs) who use single sided >3.5 floppies in a double sided environment without fail. I have also used >5.25's on several systems that were SS and the drives were DS. My question >is, do I have a bad bunch of floppies, a sneaky unfindable virus, or is it >that the Amy just doesn't like SS disks? The reason I have CONSIDERED it >to possibly be a virus is that track 40 always gets glitched. Never any >problems anywhere else, just the root track. Any help is appreciated. > Well,well! I have had the same type of problem with DSDD floppies and I was risking a corrupt disk (40%-50% chance) any time I had them over 40% - 50% full! I finally had the drive checked out while it was still under warranty and it passed everything but the alignment check. In fact they couldn't get it to align within specs so I'm waiting for my replacement. AAARRRGGHHH! Get your floppy drive checked out. - Just the facts mam. - tlm@Newton.physics.purdue.edu
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (03/15/88)
In article <384@coplex.UUCP> jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell) writes: > >I have some Big-Blue friends (no, they aren't smurfs) who use single sided >3.5 floppies in a double sided environment without fail. I have also used >5.25's on several systems that were SS and the drives were DS. My question >is, do I have a bad bunch of floppies, a sneaky unfindable virus, or is it >that the Amy just doesn't like SS disks? The reason I have CONSIDERED it >to possibly be a virus is that track 40 always gets glitched. Never any >problems anywhere else, just the root track. Any help is appreciated. > I was given a box of 50 Sony SS disks about a year ago. Two wouldnt format and 1 has gone bad since. (I salvaged it ok). The rest are fine. -- "...(alright Nils, alright)..." richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard