That was only necessary on the Commodore-drives because they have only one head. Vipersan wrote on, 09:11: I remember punching an extra hole and using the other side of the disk for commodore drives.so theoretically both sides of a S How reliably is debateable.only time will tell. I have tried this and it does appear to work. I remember punching an extra hole and using the other side of the disk for commodore drives.so theoretically both sides of a SS DD disk could be used in a PC effectively turning a SS DD a DS DD without modification. I'm no expert in this so learning as I go.
Thought I'd post a picture of a rare and comical sight.Ī Full height 360k drive in a modernish tower pc. These diskettes are becoming scarce and so it has to be worth a try. so a 'physical' wipe of the magnetic surface will allow them to be restructured and live again. I have read that this _may_ allow the recovery of some disks that have been used previously.and have CHS data on them that thwarts the format process. no scratches or surface damage but refuse to initialise). I am also going to try totally erasing a couple of stubborn diskettes with a strong permanent magnet.(disks that look good. This was 6 disks that refused to format on a 1.2mb drive.and now appear to be just fine. The setup appears to be working well in that I have reclaimed half a dozen so far. How many floppy disks can I recover and reuse ?Īt this point I'm not sure.but many disks show no signs of physical damage on the magnetic surfaces.so got to be worth a go. One full service later I set about mounting the shugart in a 3 bay removing the metalwork between 2 bays.and making a custom ribbon cable which allows the 3.5 inch drive to remain as A: and the 360k drive to be B: I did however aquire a full height shugart drive some years ago.but no computer to fit it in. Well I dont own a half height 360k drive and here in the UK these are either unobtainium.or ridiculously expensive. I figured DS DD I would be able to format with a 1.2mb floppy disk drive on my win98se machine.but DS DD really should be done on a 360k drive.due to adjacent track issues.Įven though the drive speed could be corrected the heads are narrower and really to get a clean disk.a wider head is needed. Many are Single sided single sectoring : soft Memorex.Ī mix of disks from the days of Commodore 1541 through to Early PC use.
How many of my collection of old 5.25 inch floppy disks are really beyond re-use ?
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