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Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:41:16 PST7
From:	"Benedict G. Archer" <bgarcher@gte.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: command prompt

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Denny,
The diskette was probably damaged before you attempted to format it.
An apparently normal directory listing doesn't assure that the disk is
OK. The format started and made the directory list unreadable, but
aborted when it found track 0 unformattable. Did you try another
diskette?

Ben

Zdenek JIzba wrote:
>
> It ocurred to me that I did not give enough information on my problem.
> Here is more detail on an experiment I did just a few minutes ago.
> 1. I inserted an extra copy of my eCS utility diskettes into the
> floppy disk drive.
> 2. At the eCS prompt I entered dir a:
> The result was a long list of the contents of the 1.44 HD drive
> 3. I entered the command: Format a:
> This produced the two messages:
> SYS1281 Track 0 could not be formatted
> SYS1279 The format was unsuccessful
> 4. I re-entered the command: dir a: the message reads:
> The drive cannot find the sector (area requested)

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