Which floppies can i use?

pubzombie · 16 January 2009, 19:57

HI guys, I know this has bound have come up a gazzillion times before! I have just been given a box of unopened floppies - 400 to be exact! They are Sony MFD2HDGF 144mb. Can i use them ? i have loads of adfs to play around with and noticed the program handles formatting aswell. If I cant use em i will wang em on ebay.
yay for the weekend
cheers
Pz

stet · 16 January 2009, 21:11

This thread looks relevant:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12217

My understanding is that it's a gray area--HD disks formatted as DD aren't as reliable as true DD disks, but they usually work (at least for awhile...don't store anything precious on them).

pubzombie · 16 January 2009, 21:22

thanx stet
pz

Frimann · 22 January 2009, 19:01

@pubzombie

Amigakit is my pusher for real double density disks and they work like a dream =)

That being said, I have a couple of old games on "modified" (taped in the corner) HD disks that are still going strong after ten years.

DH · 22 January 2009, 19:21

I've still got HD floppies from way back from the mid 90's, that's over 10 years old 'n' I haven't had an ounce of problems with them yet (not that I use many floppies these days). The ones that have stuff on them still work so my advice is, use whatever you want, they seem to outlive their advised lifespan

prowler · 22 January 2009, 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frimann

I have a couple of old games on "modified" (taped in the corner) HD disks that are still going strong after ten years.

Yep, HD disks with the holes taped over seem to work just as well as DD disks in most cases.

StingRay · 22 January 2009, 21:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

Yep, HD disks with the holes taped over seem to work just as well as DD disks in most cases.

Depends on the brand, luck + various random factors. And even if the hole has been taped over it's of course still a hd disk, i.e. totally different to a dd disk. And as such I wouldn't recommend using them for important data if you only have a dd drive, you might regret it! It CAN work but it most probably will just cause corrupted/lost data, russian roulette so to speak.

pubzombie · 22 January 2009, 23:22

i got hundreds of sony disks for free. have cooked about a dozen or so with adf's on and had two fail so far.

DH · 22 January 2009, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by pubzombie

i got hundreds of sony disks for free. have cooked about a dozen or so with adf's on and had two fail so far.

If you're getting them for free, why not double up on everything, just to be on the safe side. If things do start to fail too much, go buy some DD Floppies from Amigakit

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...s=floppy+disks

16 January 2009, 19:57	#1
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	Which floppies can i use? HI guys, I know this has bound have come up a gazzillion times before! I have just been given a box of unopened floppies - 400 to be exact! They are Sony MFD2HDGF 144mb. Can i use them ? i have loads of adfs to play around with and noticed the program handles formatting aswell. If I cant use em i will wang em on ebay. yay for the weekend cheers Pz

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16 January 2009, 21:11	#2
stet Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati / USA Posts: 40	This thread looks relevant: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12217 My understanding is that it's a gray area--HD disks formatted as DD aren't as reliable as true DD disks, but they usually work (at least for awhile...don't store anything precious on them).

16 January 2009, 21:22	#3
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	thanx stet pz

22 January 2009, 19:01	#4
Frimann Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Copenhagen / Denmark Age: 39 Posts: 55	@pubzombie Amigakit is my pusher for real double density disks and they work like a dream =) That being said, I have a couple of old games on "modified" (taped in the corner) HD disks that are still going strong after ten years.

22 January 2009, 19:21	#5
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 57 Posts: 4,110	I've still got HD floppies from way back from the mid 90's, that's over 10 years old 'n' I haven't had an ounce of problems with them yet (not that I use many floppies these days). The ones that have stuff on them still work so my advice is, use whatever you want, they seem to outlive their advised lifespan

22 January 2009, 23:22	#8
pubzombie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: westmids Posts: 900	i got hundreds of sony disks for free. have cooked about a dozen or so with adf's on and had two fail so far.

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