Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!4225_5132
From: 4225_5132@uwovax.uwo.ca (Andrew Semple)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: One fried disk, coming up!
Message-ID: <5671.262220af@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 10 Apr 90 22:06:38 GMT
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  I, with a short gap between exams, was looking through some of my old
disks looking for some neato acc's to add to some of my most used disks (not
owning a laser printer leaves me some room).  I came across one called
Format 11.  Blithley clicking on it, and discovering that it modified the
disk in some way, I tried ^C (too many days on the VAX) to get out and soon
found out that this was a valid response to [Y or N].  In fact it meant
yes.  That is alright, I thought, I have the disk physically write protected. 
But to my dismay, upon leaving the program, I was met with the infamous "0
bytes used in 0 items".  DiskDoctor and a few other cheapie disk utilities all
barf on any commands to "open" or read the disk.  I conclude that my boot
sector is fried, and I am up a creek without a pointer.

  Any comments or help would be very much appreciated.

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Andrew Semple                          Andrew.Semple@hydra.uwo.ca
2nd Year Applied Math/Computer Science           ads@hydra.uwo.ca  
The University of Western Ontario           
London, Ontario
Canada  "Perfection is the result of extensive correction" -Emery