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From: hik@cs.brown.edu (Hisato Kato)
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Subject: Re: IIcx/TPD - FDHD formatting problem
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Date: 24 Apr 89 15:52:36 GMT
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In article <23487@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu 
(Alexander Lau) wrote:

> All I can say is, check for viruses.  Specifically, INIT 29.
> --- Alex

about my initail posting:

> Everytime I format a virgin diskette, an alert message
> "The diskette "Untitled" needs minor repair" appears.
> ...
> Another problem: Whenever I format a diskette with Special/
> Erase Disk menu and eject it, an alert box comes out with
> "This diskette is so full that folder change will not be 
> recorded," even though the diskette is empty!  Inserting 
> this diskette will cause the first alert "The diskette 
> "Untitled" needs minor repair."
> ...
> The problems might have something to do with Apple Two-page
> monitor because the dealer says there was no formatting
> problem with smaller monitors. 
> ...

Thank you Alex.  But the real problem was not viruses or
Two-Page Display.  The problem is with MacSQZ! 1.51, a file
compression utility for Microsoft Excel 1.5, published by
Symantec.  When I removed the MacSQZ! INIT from my System Folder,
the problem disappeared.

I will report this bug to Symantec.

	Hisato Kato