Re: How to make an unitialized disk

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From: Wiley
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 17:34

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Get a fairly powerful magnet and rub it briskly on the outside of the
plastic case of the disk. This will scramble the magnetic stuff just
enough that the Mac won't recognize the disk as readable.
  I was able to do this once using the magnets in my Walkman headphones.
-w

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From: wmartin@ut-emx.UUCP (Wiley)
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Subject: Re: How to make an unitialized disk
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Date: Fri, 23-Oct-87 12:34:04 EST
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