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Offline Zac67

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Re: HD floppy in DD floppy drive - question
« on: November 01, 2011, 03:21:37 PM »
Actually not.
While the same coating was used for the longest period of DD floppy production, there's a problem with the way of writing. Once a disk has been written to just a single time with a HD drive (e.g. factory formatting)  the 'harder' magnetic imprint cannot be completely wiped out by a 'softer' DD head. (This is valid for DD disks used in HD drives, too!) Over time, the HD bits can creep back, wiping out the newer but softer DD bits.

So, for longevity - as most Amiga disks tend to be used - it's not advisable to use HD disks. One way to get around this is to use a HD drive even for DD media - but don't mix them with multiple drives. Probably the best way to store important data is on harddisk and backup to quality CD/DVD.
 

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Re: HD floppy in DD floppy drive - question
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 09:17:27 PM »
Quote from: LaserBack;666139
another way to format those pre-formatted 1.44mb disks is format first with no verify then reformat with verify


What's the point? Writing those disks several times may seem to solve the problem for the moment but doesn't really change anything longevity wise.