>- Speaking of Internet Dialing Tro, Rick Collins said this to Steve Bennett 
on 20 Apr 97  08:28 -<
 sb> Hmmm...do you think? Personally I thought it would actually be
 sb> quite difficult in a lot of circumstances. I really don't think
 sb> windows would tolerate you just saying "ok, go format without
 sb> asking the user if he wants to or not".
 RC> The BIOS and DOS interrupts that format a drive don't ask the user
 RC> anything.  The FORMAT program does - but if your intention is to
 RC> format the drive maliciously you don't use FORMAT.
I don't think that was my point.  My point was that _windows_ wouldn't
sit there and let you format the drive.  God knows, when I try and use
my faithful old version of XTG under windows, windows pops up with a message
saying that it's an old program and may damage disk structure...I really
don't think you could format the hard disk while under windows, and that
was the whole point of the conversation ( I think).
Steve
... Flashlight:  A case used for storing dead batteries.
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