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From: peter@kitty.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
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Subject: Re: Re: A floppy-only MS-DOS formatter?
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 11:15:39 EDT
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> >We would like to make a format utility available, but wish to avoid
> >possibility of a student accidentally wiping out the hard disk.
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> But what about the guy who brings in his own copy of DOS on a sloppy
> disk complete with his own format command. It doesn't take even an
> above average type to figure this sort of thing out.-- 
> 		   Tom Kessler {allegra |seismo }!rochester!ur-laser!tomk

You can't keep anybody from screwing up an MS-DOS system on purpose. But
you can try to protect it from a few accidents. Since FORMAT  on a hard
disk system formats c: by default (incredibly stupid), this is a reasonable
request.