[Coco] Warning about 3.5" disk failure

[Bob Devries]

Hi all,

I have just recently come across a number of my 3.5" disks which have failed 
because the magnetic disc has detached from the metal hub. Once that 
happens, you can kiss the data goodbye AFAIK.

Since both the PC and the Coco use the index as the sync for a start of 
track, and the index is produced in the mechanism of the drive, altering the 
relationship between the drive and the disk, means that the disk becomes 
unreadable.

If there is some software that will read a disk, without needing the index 
pulse to sync to the start of a track, it would be the only way of 
resurrecting the data from such disks.

I'm not sure what steps can be taken to prevent such loss, but maybe a very 
small drop of superglue at the inner edge of the magnetic disc?

Comments?

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