Is a floppy formatted ?

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From: stern
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 09:39

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Could anybody explain me how to detect if a floppy is already formatted
or not? And also if it is simple to program a 'quick format' like in
DOS 5.0 format.

Thanks a lot,

--  Marc Stern  <stern@mble.philips.be>

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From: stern@mble.philips.be
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Subject: Is a floppy formatted ?
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