Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:04:21 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <9gka0d55a85fgg6d62v76qacjftdvtei72@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="50533736114ad7eb9758e4f30c119e08"; logging-data="30394"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/PkjgrFMks4OaLEpy0Ji+o" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:R3L5aCOkxhSvgnDr7ys9BIVl7fA= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134515 In message , james@nospam.com writes: [] >The only floppy cable I have is a single. Only one connector. (not >including the MOBO end). But I do remember the double ones on some of my >real old computers. I may even have another one in one of the old There were two sorts of dual-floppy cables: ones for two 3.5" drives (with the twist), and ones for the two different sizes of drive (the 5.25" ones mostly had a sort of PCB-edge connector). >computers in the garage tbat I still have. But I see no reason for two >floppy drives these days. Back in the DOS days I had a 3.5 and 5.25 >drive on the same computer. I know I'll never use a 5.25 drive again. (I keep one or two for archaeological purposes.) There were also the dual drives - really a 5.25" one with a very thin (similar to as appeared in laptops briefly) 3.5" one on top of it, with of course the relevant slit in the front. (IIRR, those connected to the ribbon by one single connector.) > >Anyhow, this cable is for a single floppy drive and has that twist. > >I kind of wonder if I used a cable without a twist, would the ONLY drive >become B: instead of A:? Good question! [] >One thing about floppy drives, they seem to go bad even if they are not >used. I think it's all because of dust getting in them. Computers are Certainly, if unused but in a computer that is being used ... >notorious for sucking in dust. Every year I have to vacuum out mine. And ..... for that reason. I don't think they go bad if just sitting on a shelf - though they may seem to, because the one on a shelf is probably on a shelf because it was removed because it was faulty, and record-keeping was lax. (I have the feeling that 5.25" ones suffered less in this respect: they tended to be more open construction, whereas the 3.5" ones were semi-sealed, meaning more places for the dust to accumulate. Could also have been just the lower data density, as already discussed.) >every 3 years or so I open the power supply and blow it out with an air >compressor, cuz them fans really get filthy. >I think they should make air filters foir them! > They probably do if you look for them. But unless maintained (i. e. either changed, or at least blown/shaken out from time to time), a filter can be worse than no filter: when they get clogged, they can restrict the airflow, and also drop gunk into the system if _very_ choked. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to a garage makes you a car." - Laurence J. Peter --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .