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Comment by spullara

18 hours ago

3.5" disks were much much worse.

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kevin_thibedeau  12 hours ago

HD floppies were much worse, both 1.44MB and 1.2MB. They are just much more susceptible to defects from wear and tear because of the shrunken sector size. DD 3.5" wasn't as bad.

throwaway2037  14 hours ago

Do you know the reason why?

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