Date   : Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:12:30 +0100 (BST)
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Colin wrote:

> Is what you are saying that these disks are not compatible with a disk drive
> for the BBC and cannot be reformatted for use with it? (In other words they
> are made differently although they look the same and fit the drive)?

In my experience, High Density disks do not work at all in a BBC drive. 
The drive fails to acknowledge that there is even a disk in it. The SD/DD 
disks should work fine if re-formatted.