> I think anyone who works regularly with or on computers
> will have noticed how unreliable modern floppy diskettes
> have become. But I've begun to wonder if it's the drives
> and not the diskettes that are responsible. For many people,
> a discussion of floppy disks and drives would be academic,
> but they still serve a useful purpose. Personally, I still prefer
> floppies for transferring small amounts of data because
> writing and deleting are much more straightforward with
> a floppy than with a CD.
>
> I have access to a limited range of FDD brands - mainly
> Sony, Samsung and Amiga. Of these, the FDD's on my
> two Amigas seldom have trouble reading, writing or
> formatting a diskette many times over, unless the disks
> had been written to by PC drives.
>
> Samsung drives are usually no worse at reading pre-written
> data such as device drivers, but I've come across many
> Samsung FDD's that permanently damage a diskette once
> it writes anything, even a tiny file, to it. This includes
> brand-new drives, and once the diskette is damaged, it
> cannot even be formatted. My supplier has standing
> orders to never send me Samsung FDD's.
>
> Sony FDD's seem to be significantly better in this respect,
> but I have not conducted a systematic series of tests
> involving many drives and diskettes.
>
> Maybe different manufacturers are working to slightly
> different alignment standards ? Opinions and observations
> please....
>
>