eakin@rsmas.miami.edu (11/07/90)
In article <1990Nov7.070058.9618@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, draper@buster.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes: > Anyway, I've just formatted a bunch of DS/DD MEI diskettes (3.5" > generic) and I've had no errors at all. I've usually had <2% failure when formatting these to their rated specs. > > I suggest that my tests are more rigorous than yours because I formatted > all to 1.44 megabytes, not the 720k they are rated for. I've also run > most of them through fastback and norton's backup as another test (of > different 1.44M formats) and those programs, known to be picky about > diskettes, did not reject any of them, except for one, which DID work > with those programs at the lower normal capacity of 720K. > I have done the same, and found that about 10% of the 3.5" DD won't format properly on HD. I use other brands for this task. Although, with the 0.89/disk HD's I don't bother any more. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Patrick Draper In times like these it is helpful to > buster.cps.msu.edu remember that there have always been > times like these. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- C. Mark Eakin Internet: Eakin@RSMAS.miami.edu Amateur Radio: N4SYK Packet Radio: N4SYK@AB4LU.FL.USA.NA USnail: Univ. of Miami, RSMAS-BLR, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy. Miami, FL 33149-1098