) (06/29/91)
In article <505ldg@yoda.byu.edu>, ldg@yoda.byu.edu writes: > In <91173.2026163XMQGAA@CMUVM.BITNET>, 3XMQGAA@CMUVM.BITNET (Sari Khoury) > writes: > >A warning to users: never buy Kodak or Verbatim disks, this kind of thing has > >happened very frequently with these disks, but these were the only disks I had > >at the time, so now I'm paying the price. Oh well... > I would also like to advise people to _avoid_BASF_3.5"_disks_ at all costs. >[the gory details of mass BASF failure] > In contrast, I have bought over two hundred Kao disks and have had just > one failure. That disk happened to contain a copy of my Master's > Thesis. But since I never keep just one copy of anything of any value, all > I was out was the disk, which Kao will cheerfully replace. > > Sony and Maxell have also blessed me with low failure rates, but not as > low as Kao. > Reading this and comparing it to my friends', coworkers', and personal ex- perience, and nothing jibes... I reckon there is a corelation between disk performance, somehow, and hardware. Now I'm *not* suggesting that some disks are poorly made and others are well made. I'm *not* saying that overall, all disks are about the same and none stand out. But, it seems possible that some disk drives, for whatever reason, will work better with some diskettes while others will work better with other diskettes. Possible? Totally farfetched? (I can see my boyfriend disagreeing right now -- "It can't possibly matter" he'll bellow, shaking his head disparagingly...) Peace, Mike!