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From: chassin@rpics.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Problems with FATs on single drive machines
Message-ID: <983@rpics.RPI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 20:57:36 EST
Article-I.D.: rpics.983
Posted: Thu Mar 12 20:57:36 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Mar-87 00:37:21 EST
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Keywords: copying with one drive and FAT fouled up

One of our everyday users wanted to copy some file from one disk
to another on a AT with a single drive. Unwittingly he simply gave
the usual "COPY A:FILE.EXT B:". The AT typically said 'insert disk
in drive B' so he did it. The he typed DIR and what do you know, the
FAT from B was written out to the disk in drive A. I realize he really
shouldn't do that type of stuff (I don't) however I would rather fool-
proof :-) the system than fix disks using NORTON. I would rather not
use SUBST of JOIN to redirected drive B. ASSIGNing B to an invalid drive
doesn't work. So how can I invalidate drive B when it's not redirected?


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