| From: | Andrew Crowe |
| Date: | 28 Apr 2001 at 23:37:31 |
| Subject: | Re: Floppy read error |
Hi Everybody,
> If it was a PC would it have made a difference? I mean, the only
> time it would access it would be to read the "access code", other
> than that it would just be in the drive unmoving?
>
> I don't think it could access it every boot time because you've said
> it was in the machine 24/7, so it is one access per day? In fact,
> wouldn't it have recieved even LESS wear than if he had put it in
> the drive and taken it out again everyday?
Don't forget that that the floppy disk heads will be in contact with
the disk surface, and might over the course of a few hours start to
get stuck on it, so when the disk spins again BAM!, it takes some of
the surface with it.
Plus the slot will be open all the time letting dust in
See ya :)
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