Writing DOS 5.0 files onto a DOS 4.01 formatted disk

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From: ab9j
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:21

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What sort of file damage (if any) if I boot from a DOS 5.0 floppy disk
and attempt to update files on my hard disk, where I am still running DOS 4.01?

-- Bill Martin --
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

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