On 9/29/2006 at 5:47 PM David Hunt wrote:
Holy crap, what brand are you buying ?
I've got a box of unused DSED (2.88MB) Fujis. The first few were fine,
but after about 4-5 years, the remainder won't even format without errors.
I have to think that there's a problem with the binder used. (FWIW, the
drive used is a Teac FD-235J).
I picked up a bunch of new Imation DSHD 3.5" diskettes. Again, just fine
right out of the box, but after a year and 2-3 reuses, they're worthless.
There were some really terrible 5.25" DSDD (360K) disks marketed. One type
was sold by Control Data (StorageMaster). If I see one of those in a
conversion job, I warn the customer that there's a fair chance that the
data may not be readable. Not only do these things tend to stick to the
liner, but the coating will flake right off the cookie when you try to read
one. The ones with earlier manufacturing dates tend to be much better
than the later ones.
"Elephant" brand 360Ks can be problematical in the same way, as can the
"Precision" brand.
Cheers,
Chuck