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to: Roy J. Tellason
from: Russell Tiedt
date: 2004-01-12 17:53:36
subject: m$ crap

Hello Roy.

11 Jan 04 04:06, you wrote to me:

 RT>>>> Was not aware that there where any good fdisk replacements, any
 RT>>>> idea where I  could download a copy?

 RT>>> The one on TomsRtBt worked just fine for me...     :-)

 RT>>> At this stage, I am wondering how many more floppies I am going
 RT>>> to have to  try, before I find one that will accept the TomsRtBt
 RT>>> image. 

 RT>> Is it the floppies that's giving you a hard time,  or maybe the
 RT>> drive? Some drives just don't seem to like dealing with extended
 RT>> formats...

 RT>> Well they all fail on the very last sector, and I made one
 RT>> before, tho at  this stage I no longer remember on which machine
 RT>> here. Must try the others.

 RT> If you know what _brand_ of drive is in the various machines there,
 RT> that might help figure things some...

Which brands don't work, or, which brands are more likely to work, I think I 
have Mitsumi, NEC, Sanyo, and it is going to take stripping them out of the 
boxes they are in to find out what is where, in the six systems I have here.

Are the newer drives likely to work better for making extended format 
floppies or the older ones?

Russell

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