Re: Formatting 3.5" Diskette

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From: Anthony M. Parson, Jr.
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1990 01:00

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Well, my friend got his.  Out of the batch he got (50 or 74), he found
one that wouldn't format.  I tried it, and it still won't format.  DOS 3,3
just gives ...failure..." message, but it doesn't say media bad or track
0 bad.  It doesn't even start to format at all.  We will now see how well
MEI Micro follows through on their (is it "lifetime"?) guarantee...

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From: akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5" Diskette
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Date: 4 Feb 90 01:00:09 GMT
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