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- From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
- Subject: Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.195810.8919@ico.isc.com>
- Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
- References: <1993Jan27.063559.71696@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:58:10 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.063559.71696@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> ry01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT YUNG) writes:
- >I've had it! I'm always getting bad sectors on my 1.44 disk! They format fine,
- >but when I put stuff on them, I'm screwed! I've tried name brand disks and even
- >they can go BAD! IS there an alternative?
- >
- >I guess it'll cost too much to buy a MO drive, so maybe a tape drive? How
- >reliable ARE they? Can they last a month without data loss? Anybody got a WORM
- >drive they want to donate? :)
- >
- >Maybe it's just me, but how are your floppies holding out? No, I'm not living
- >next to a power station. Thank you for any input.
- >
- >--
- >================================== ILAN ======================================
- > Unsolved mysteries: What is so BAD about leaving the toilet seat up??
- >==================(Robert) Bobby Yung_______RY01@Lehigh.Edu===================
-
- I haven't had a bad floppy in over three years. I suspect that something
- is wrong with your drive. When was the last time you cleaned it?
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