Re: Low Level Format of 1.4 Mb Floppy Isn't Happening Solved.
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:04:14 +0000
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 15 Jan 2017 at 15:36:08 -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
>
> [A trip down Memory Lane snipped]
>
> For those who may want to use Plop boot manager, it is far quicker and
> more reliable to do so from GRUB on the hard disc. The Plop website has
> details. Struggling with a pile of floppies is no fun and a floppy which
> works today ivery likely not to do so next month.
>
Actually, I've had to transfer data from an old windowz to another
windowz system and I found that all the spare floppies I had lying around
contained correct file systems (and I'm assuming correct files too).
So, long term storage seems to work fine for floppies, but transfering
lots of data does not work so well (the floppies wear out).
Sincerely,
David
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