Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!prlb2!kulcs!luc
From: luc@kulcs.uucp (Luc Van Braekel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Copy diskettes without formatting
Message-ID: <109@castor.kulcs.uucp>
Date: 3 Mar 88 11:36:20 GMT
Organization: Kath.Univ.Leuven, Comp. Sc., Belgium
Lines: 17
Keywords: PC-Tools copy format diskette

I have noticed that it is possible to copy entire 360K diskettes using
PC Tools (from Central Point Software), WITHOUT FORMATTING the target 
diskette first! I find this remarkable, since the copying process is 
faster than formatting a diskette, even when formatting with PC Tools.

Are copies thus created less reliable than diskettes formatted in the
right way ?  Can someone give an explanation ?  I have had no problems
exchanging those diskettes with other PC users, so everything seems
OK.

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