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From: al@crucible.UUCP (Al Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: code to erase/format an UNmounted volume...
Summary: We forget the simple solutions...
Keywords: the magic of magnets
Message-ID: <117@crucible.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 89 21:57:01 GMT
References: <57892@tiger.oxy.edu> <2835@hub.UUCP>
Reply-To: al@crucible.UUCP (Al Evans)
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In article <2835@hub.UUCP> doner@henri.UUCP (John Doner) writes:

>I wouldn't mind some code to erase an UNmounted volume!  I have this
>disk for which the response is always "The desktop file couldn't be
>created on the disk..." followed by ejection.  Nor can the desktop
>file be rebuilt.  I don't get any chance to try to reinitialize it.

Sometimes we spend too much time with our computers, and forget the
basics of life :-)

The follow simple procedure will suffice:

1. Procure a magnet, any magnet.
2. Wave it back and forth over the surface of the offending disk.
3. The disk can now be reinitialized.
					--Al Evans--
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Al Evans					"You'd grep to know what
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