Even if they formatted they may have done a "quick format" which only
clears the directory. I don't recall if a full format actually does a
read back to validate each sector.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> That bothered me - I wonder how many people bothered to format the
> disc every time they reused it?
> Research assures me that these things were very popular in N. America.
> Not so much here although schools tended to have a couple.
> Andrew Fildes
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> On 02/08/2008, at 9:29 PM, Bob Docherty wrote:
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>> It amazed me how many floppies failed when
>> trying to transfer the images.
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