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Article #11327Re: formatting floppy diskettes
From: Nur Iskandar Taib
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 14:31
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 14:31
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>What can I try next? Could someone describe (or point me to) other possible >ways to format a diskette (including actually writing a C program to do it). >I actually tried to write a program to do this once but I managed to mess >up yet another diskette when I attempted to write track 0, sector 0. Try copying format.com from your original DOS diskette onto your hard drive. Also check for viruses (?) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!silver!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: formatting floppy diskettes Message-ID: <1991Jun21.143110.1688@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington References: <1991Jun20.041937.24039@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 91 14:31:10 GMT Lines: 19