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From: len@csd1.milw.wisc.edu (Leonard P Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: screwed up directories on floppies
Message-ID: <6332@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jul 88 18:16:00 GMT
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From article <1060@ndsuvax.UUCP>, by ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Missing Person):
> 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 .


If you were working with a 1.2 meg floppy, the problem is with the inability
of your system to detect the removal of the media.

for the 360K drive, the system will not recheck the directory if you reuse the
disk in less than 2 seconds from the last use.  Are you working that fast?


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