18 Jan
2005
18 Jan
'05
3:47 a.m.
From: "Dwight K. Elvey" <dwight.elvey(a)amd.com>
Hi
DOS has an irritating feature when asked to format
a disk. If track 0 is partially readable it will
fail to format, even if you use the /u option.
I've been moving data from one machine to another
and the source machine has a flaky drive. It sometimes
trashes track 0.
I've found that the only way to get around this problem
is to wipe the disk with a strong magnet.
Why can't it just try to format first and then check
track 0. Why must it fail to format because track 0
is partially readable when I specifically asked it
to unconditionally format?
Dwight
Try picking up the format program from freedos/opendos and see if it does
the same. If needed it may be able to be modified.
Randy