3 Jun
2012
3 Jun
'12
4:37 p.m.
On 3 Jun 2012 at 16:19, David Griffith wrote:
I'm pondering putting 3.5" and 5.25"
floppy drives in a single chassis
along with a Discferret / Kryoflux. The 3.5" can be HD with no
problem. I'm leery of the complications of DD versus HD 5.25" drives.
If I bulk-erase a DD disk and write to it with an HD drive, might
there be any problems when the disk is used again on a DD drive?
Would simply formatting the DD disk be enough?
The magnetic characteristics of 5.25" media are very different
between 2D and HD recording modes. I wouldn't recommend mixing
things up. 2D on 2D media; HD on HD media.
You can get away with playing fast and loose with media on 3.5"
drives, but there, the differences are much smaller.
--Chuck