Should work; DD and HD are pretty similar, unlike the 5.25 versions. Did you cover the density hole?
With what are you using that 9114A drive? And where are you located? I've got a couple of 9114s; I'll have to try HD disks (if I can find the drives ;-) m On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 3:29 PM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have tried bulk erasing 1.44 MB disks and they still won't format in > the HP9114A battery operated HP-IL Floppy Disk drive. > > On 4/30/2024 12:20 PM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote: > > On 30/04/2024 18:08, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > > > >> Having grown up with 1.44MB 3.5" floppies, I have a question: is it > >> possible to use a 1.44MB disk and just format it as a 720K disk? > > > > I think it's entirely possible. I'd definitely format them in a 720kb > > drive though to be extra safe. Though original 720KB disks > > written/formatted in 1.44MB drives seem perfectly cromulent from my > > experience. > > > > However don't quote me on it, The only double density drives i have > > are super early Sony ones built in 1982 and they get pampered with NOS > > 720kb media (with the sliders sellotaped open because no auto opening > > shutters on my drives!) > > > > Josh Rice > >
