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Comment by spullara

17 hours ago

3.5" disks were much much worse.

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kevin_thibedeau  11 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  13 hours ago

Do you know the reason why?

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