BAILEYS@FSU.BITNET (NOLES #1) (12/03/89)
Could someone please reitterate the problems with DC Formatter's format routine? I remember some net space being devoted to it, but I had not had any problems, so I didn't really look at it. Now, two of my floppys have bitten the dust, for no apparent reason, and I become concerned. Please include which version is flawed (if it is flawed), I have both 3.01 and 3.02, and would like to know if there is any advantage to using one over the other. Also, is it true that an ACC version is available via Shareware cost? I have not yet gotten around to sending it in! Bob Marley
uace0@uhnix2.uh.edu (Michael B. Vederman) (12/04/89)
In article <891202130458427.GKWQ@RAI.CC.FSU.EDU> BAILEYS@FSU.BITNET (NOLES #1) writes: >Could someone please reitterate the problems with DC Formatter's format >routine? I remember some net space being devoted to it, but I had not had >any problems, so I didn't really look at it. Now, two of my floppys have >bitten the dust, for no apparent reason, and I become concerned. Please >include which version is flawed (if it is flawed), I have both 3.01 and >3.02, and would like to know if there is any advantage to using one over the >other. Also, is it true that an ACC version is available via Shareware cost? >I have not yet gotten around to sending it in! > > > >Bob Marley Version 3.02 fixes a bug which existed in the verify routine. The problem would occur if a bad sector was encountered on one of the first two tracks. An alert would come up and say '0 bad sectors. Mark bad?' If you marked them bad (or even if you didn't) the disk was unusable. V 3.02 has an alert that comes up and says 'Error in FAT/BOOT sectors' and that is that. If an error in format occurs on the first two tracks, the disk is not usable. DCF 3.2 is available for a shareware fee (you decide how much). On the disk that you get back, you get alot of our other programs too. It is quite a deal. As for your disks getting trashed, disks have been known to go bad, and no formatter can be flawed in such a way that they stop working after a given amount of time... - mike -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Double Click Me | Double Click Software | P.O. Box 741206 | Houston, Tx, 77274 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support BBS: (713)944-0108 | SHADOW | DC FORMATTER | DC UTILITIES | and others