On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:38:39, Kali McLaughlin wrote:
> It has been suggested that old lower density floppies can be used on
> later drives........dont do it!
> It works just well enough to get you into trouble!
> Reading is not the problem, it is writing. Drives with more cyliders
> have thinner data tracks and on a lower format will leave more vacant
> magnetic real-estate. This is a drama if there is data in this space
> and you try to read the floppy on a lower density drive, or another
> high density drive with slightly different alignment.
That's very right Kali.
I get around this problem by bulk erasing before formatting.
It gets rid of the 'tween track crap.
- Clarence Verge
- Using Arachne V1.62 for a change....
