Finding out if a floppy is blank

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1 total messages Started by MITCHELL Mon, 22 Sep 1986 18:30

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Author: MITCHELL
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1986 18:30

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	Does anyone know to find out if a floppy diskette you are about to
format is blank, without using the "DIR" command.

	I am writing a DBASEIII application, one its function is to format
a floppy diskette.  Using the 'dir' command  on a blank diskette yeilds
the error message "abort, retry or ignore" which is confusing to a new user
and could be very damaging.  I would like to avoid getting this message
however, at the same time having some reliable way to detect the
blank/non-blank status.

                      Thanks..

D. Mitchell
1247 Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown PA 18103
Room 3L-226B

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