12/25/2023 0 Comments Formatting a floppy disk means![]() ![]() The topic that interests me is when such a DD/HD drive is used in an old computer that was designed when HD didn't exist. (MSDOS is awful at that, but let's not digress too much yet.) Is that assumption correct? A DD floppy used in such a drive would be in no more danger than an HD one, on the condition that it's formatted to its correct er. HD drives are really DD/HD drives and can swap between configurations to read and write properly both formats. It means that HD drives can make the distinction between a DD floppy and an HD floppy. What's confusing me is that HD hole on HD floppies. ![]() A DD floppy punched to be treated as HD doesn't have the coating to keep all that HD data properly either. More specifically, a DD drive is not equipped to write and read an HD floppy and its specific coating. Else data can be written improperly and the disc can become unreliable over time. As I understand it, the overall rule is "don't mix and match": use DD media in a DD drive, and HD media in an HD drive. I've been reading about the DD and HD floppies and their different coating, and also about DD and HD drives and how they write to discs. ![]() Hi there it's my first post, and I'd like to make it about the already-discussed-to-death differences between HD and DD floppies and how to use one instead of the other. ![]()
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