home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!nott!torn!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrhub2!ncrgw2!psinntp!heimdall!sony7!drkerns
- From: drkerns@sony7.sdrc.com (sean kerns)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <585@heimdall.sdrc.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 13:38:19 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.063559.71696@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Sender: news@heimdall.sdrc.com
- Organization: SDRC
- Lines: 28
-
- 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===================
-
-
- Except for when I buy bulk disks, I haven't had a 3 1/2" floppy fail on me yet.
- I guess Robert could use some of my luck.
-
- SRK
-
-
- P.S. My drive is a Sony 1.44
-
-
- sean.kerns@sdrc.com
-