Unformatting disks?

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From: Rand P. Hall
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 09:40

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Other than degaussing, can anyone suggest a way to get previously
initialized disks to appear uninitialized?

Why on earth do I want to do this? We're giving intro classes to about
600 freshmen and part of the class involves initializing disks. The
kids bring their own and keep them afterward. The problem is the
instructor(s) now have to keep coming up with blank disks to demo on.

Rand P. Hall                    UUCP: {uunet,bbn,ulowell}!ginosko!hubdub!rand
Merrimack College               CSNET: rand@merrimack.edu
N. Andover, MA 508.683.7111     Dukakis = 15% tax hike + $1.3 billion deficit

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From: RAND@merrimack.edu (Rand P. Hall)
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Subject: Unformatting disks?
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Date: 14 Sep 89 09:40:47 GMT
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