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From: kurfurst@utgpu.UUCP
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Subject: Formatting Floppies - HELP!!
Message-ID: <1987Sep7.134426.5166@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Date: Mon, 7-Sep-87 13:44:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  7 13:44:26 1987
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Following a dosread or doswrite on a formatted DOS diskette ( I have
version 2.10) it would appear that track 0 is destroyed and so     
impossible to reformat with format.com.

Has anyone else had this problem? Could it be that my format.com is
broken.

In view of all this and while on the subject I would greatly appreciate:

	1. Source code to the equivalent of format.com which does not
	   use BIOS calls.
	2. Technical specs so that I may write (1).
	3. Failing request (1) a copy of format.com as I think that
	   mine may be broken.

Please e-mail me if you can be of some help. If there is sufficient
interest I will post to the net. Thanks in advance ....


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