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Subject: Re:  screwed up directories on floppies
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Date: 30 Jul 88 03:29:14 GMT
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In article <1060@ndsuvax.UUCP> Brett G. Person writes:
|Can anyone tell me why DOS will sometimes overwrite the directory of 
|obe floppy with that of another? I've had this happen several times in the 
|last week. 
| it seems to simply be replacing the directory information with a copy of 
|what was on the previously inserted disk. I've heard of this happening before, but have never heard why it happens. Can somwone enlighten me?
|thaks .
|-- 
|Brett G. Person
|North Dakota State University
|uunet!ndsuvax!ncperson | ncperson@ndsuvax.bitnet

it does this if you try to write to a write-protected disk, receive the
infamous "...Abort, Retry, Ignore" message, switch the disks, and respond with
'r'.  The solution in this case is to abort and start over.

Hope this helps.