Re: Is it a hard or soft sectored disk?

From: Steppe (steppe_at_demodungeon.com)
Date: 2005-11-01 19:39:25

Michael,

I think you're trying to find out if your disks are DD or HD, right? I 
think that has nothing to do with the terms hard or soft sectored.

But to find out if your disks are DD or HD, do this:
Just format one, copy some files onto them (in your 1541), then load the 
files a couple of times. From what I experienced the chances of loading 
a file on a HD disk are miniscule. So, if everything loads fine they 
should be DD, if you get load errors, they're HD.

That's not a scientific method, beware, just a quick'n'dirty way to test it.

Regards,
Steppe

Michael Huth schrieb:
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> Hello,
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> I got some spare 5 1/4" disks, most of them without any sticker.
> I would like to keep the DD ones for 1541 a.s.o.
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> How can I see if a disk is hard or soft sectored?
> Or maybe is there a easy / quick test method?
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> Any idea?
> 
> Ciao...
> ...Micha
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