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Article #3665Re: Using FastFormatter 3.0
From: Barrett P. Eynon
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 18:41
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 18:41
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In article <1990Aug14.120411.25857@watserv1.waterloo.edu> psych@watserv1.waterloo.edu (R.Crispin - Psychology) writes: >I tried using Fast Formatter 3.0 yesterday and found that it would >have problems with nearly every disk that I formated. It was >successful with 1 out of 6. I tried these with Fast Formatter 2.22 >and they formatted no problems. I have quite a few inits/cdevs that >could interfer with formating (Dos mounter, Daynafile, MacJanet etc). >I have never had this problem with the apple formater or with 2.22. I seem to remember running into this problem as well - when I switched to Finder only, it worked fine, as I recall. Hopefully the author will fix this, as otherwise Fast Formatter is the best floppy formatter I've seen. -- Barry Eynon barry@playfair.stanford.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!helens!playfair.stanford.edu!barry From: barry@playfair.stanford.edu (Barrett P. Eynon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Using FastFormatter 3.0 Message-ID: <905@helens.Stanford.EDU> Date: 14 Aug 90 18:41:57 GMT References: <1990Aug14.120411.25857@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford University Lines: 18