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Re: Reinitialized HD Probs...

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From: Larry Stoter
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:00
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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:

snips ..

> Ah yes - there was me confusing `Initialise' (what HD SC Setup does) and
> `Erase' (which is what the Finder does).  Initialise *does* erase the
> data; erase doesn't.  And this is supposed to be an inuitive user
> interface?
> 
> Rowland.

Doesn't 'erase' from the Finder really erase - it does with a floppy -
can't say I've tried it with a HD.

However, dragging files/folders to Trash/Wastebasket only removes the
entry from the directory.

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From: LPS@teknesis.demon.co.uk (Larry Stoter)
Subject: Re: Reinitialized HD Probs...
Date: 1998/01/18
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