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According to my experience at least 50% of the 3,5" discs fail over time. 5,25" are still pretty reliable though.
Comment by themaddman at 31/01/2025 at 20:35 UTC
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I haven't seen that on Amiga DD disks, the 1.44mb HD disks seem worse.
But I could just have been lucky so far.
Comment by ChocLobster at 31/01/2025 at 22:09 UTC
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The failure rate on 3.5" disks I've bought "as blanks" is around 50 - 60% so that sounds about right to me. I wonder how many could be saved with a thorough clean and a going over with a bulk tape eraser but I haven't tried yet so they're all sat in a box now. I hope one day they can be salvaged.