On 4/19/2017 12:27 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I went to format 5.25 disks from a NOS box still in shrink wrap. There were 11 disks in the box ("pay for 10, get one free"). Every disk resulted in a track error at a different track.
If you can't trust never-opened disks to be good, then how do you acquire disks?
Is there any good software to repair the errors?
I've been told that even NOS will sometimes fail (especially depending on the initial quality). A few years ago, I bought a box (or rather, a box of boxes) of these: http://www.athana.com/html/diskette.html They haven't failed me as of yet, but I did have to buy a significant amount (I think maybe 10 boxes). I have no recollection as to what I paid for them, though. Best wishes, -Adam