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I've seen it used - IIRC the problem is that the media isn't rated for the storage that you're now asking of it, so while it may survive being written/read a fe

I've seen it used - IIRC the problem is that the media isn't rated for the storage that you're now asking of it, so while it may survive being written/read a few times, it'd fail sooner.

JohnBooty 6y ago
Can confirm. I used to drill holes with a... well, a drill. Totally worked. Capacity increased. Until one day your files were corrupted. And that day often came soon!
monocasa 6y ago
It might fail sooner, but you were banking on it essentially just being a binning distinction, that they didn't really do any testing either way and just stuck them in cases with or without the hole depending on what they thought they could sell at the time. Did I lose files on fake doublesided disks? Yes. Did I lose files on real doublesided disks? Also yes.
andrewf 6y ago
You're basically overclocking your storage medium.