Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucselx!petunia!csuchico.edu!ekrimen From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Disk Questions Message-ID: <1991Apr27.002226.27464@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 27 Apr 91 00:22:26 GMT References: <1991Apr25.004316.13020@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1991Apr25.170446.12243@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 21 In article entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (entropy) writes: >In article <1991Apr25.170446.12243@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: >>Another good utility for formatting disks with twister is Mystic. It's a >>desk accessory that formats in the background. I've seen other background > >Be careful, Mystic has very bad error checking. I've had Mystec >format a disk with no complaints that I knew was bad (i.e. every other >formatter rejected the disk). > Yeah, Mystic has very bad, if any, error checking. It would be nice if it had a verify button, like DC Format does, as well as some of DC Format's other features. -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0