Hello all,
After a number of bad experiences I now scan every floppy disk I use (even for other equipment) on the S1000 as it seems the only one able to pick-up bad sectors. This options has been fine for now but, as I work with a lot of floppies, I'm a bit concerned about putting this extra 'stress' one the drive as I presume it will inevitably shorten its life.
So I'm wondering:
- Does anyone know of a reliable software (ideally for OSX) that would do an in-depth scan by using a modern usb drive? It doesn't have to format the disk to Akai format as long as it's able to scan all sectors.
- I also considered getting an old laptop/desktop. Somewhere I read that the best version of "ScanDisk" for example was the one in Win98; all of the subsequent ones weren't as accurate. Were there better programs out there and if so which platform would they work on?
Any other tips or recommendations welcome!