Fairlight-CMI

-----Original Message-----
From: feldmann@xs4all.nl [mailto:feldmann@xs4all.nl]
Sent: 09 February 2005 11:54
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Formatting 8' Floppies on Series III



Peter,

I would recommend you always check the formatted disks for errors, you are
storing your system files on it. It HAS to be flawless.

Think of the enormous amount of extra time it will cost you to attempt to
recreate the disks in case of one failed sector..

Regards,
Harald.

> This will probably be about right then, as 8" drives aren't SCSI as far as
> I know. Also, After doing several discs, I noticed that the disc doesn't
> take very long to format (1 minute say), but the verification and checking
> of good sectors takes up all the time. If this is the case, can I do a
> quick format where it will skip this verification process?
>
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter





 
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