> Perhaps my imagination, but this is now the second or third
> manufacturer of floppy diskettes I have tried, with no success.
> My floppy disk drive will not read them. Especially bad if I
> decide to save a small download to a floppy rather than the
> hard drive. To all out there: will the AT users of the world
> unite and demand a decent floppy disk?? Or is Superdrive/Iomega
> zip drive the only way to go? Help.
I have had the sad fact confirmed that in our new gigabyte age,
quality control for floppy disk manufacturers has dropped so low that
20 to 30% bad disks coming off the line is not unusual. Personally,
some manufacturers seem a little better than other (3M). These days,
I run scandisk and a physical scan for bad clusters on any floppy
I want to take from home to the office and still have my data OK.
I also have collected a few utilities that repair floppies.
It is not at all unusual for me to find bad clusters on ``brand new''
disks.
It would be nice to get some inside info. on who is still making
a decent attempt to produce decent floppies.
Howard Schwartz
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theo "at" ncal.verio.com
