[pchelpers] Re: no format

  • From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: GCox <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:24:37 -0500

Hi George,

Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 2:16:42 AM, you wrote:

G> Pc,
G> Why not make a dos system disk then erase the system files on the disk?
G> Won't you have a formatted disk then?

The question is, is it actually formatting the floppy, or is it merely
rewriting the system area and assuming that the rest of the floppy is
ok?

--Scott.

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