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Use, restoration and imaging of floppy disks; low-level formats of floppy media. Consider [file-system] for high-level formatting.
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How to at least partially read damaged sectors of floppy disk?
In most cases yes.
Utilities were available for most computer systems of the '80s and '90s that would read the disk at a low-level and attempt to deduce the track/sector information. These reads wou …
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Magnetic exposure to floppy disk damages file system and requires complete reformat?
A formatted disk contains markers which identify the start of each track and the start of each sector within the track. These markers are fixed magnetic sequences that are picked up by the drive elec …
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Do DD floppy disks need regular full reformats?
Generally speaking no.
Floppies would occasionally need a reformat after prolonged heavy use as the magnetic fields may degrade. However, firstly, this tended to only be with cheaper, lower quality …
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Repairing/Lubing/Fixing Amiga 500 floppy drive
It is possible that the old lubrication on the sticking part has absorbed some fluff or grit and so is no longer working as a lubricant. The build-up of muck could be around the point where the arm l …
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