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DOES TOS 1.4 DO THIS?

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From: UUCJEFF
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1989 00:04
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ONE THING THERE SEEMED TO BE NO MENTION OF, WHILE TOS 1.4 FORMATS DISKS
100% COMPATIBLE WITH MS DOS, DOES IT ALSO FLAG BAD SECTORS SO YOU CAN USE
A DISK WITH BAD SECTORS (AS IN MS-DOS)?   I KNOW THERE ARE DISK UTILITIES ON
THE ST TO DO THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF TOS WOULD DO THIS ALL THE TIME,
I.E. IN FORMAT, FILE COPY, AND DISK WRITES.

JEFF BEER, CHICAGO IL
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