al@crucible.UUCP (Al Evans) (11/03/89)
In article <2835@hub.UUCP> doner@henri.UUCP (John Doner) writes: >I wouldn't mind some code to erase an UNmounted volume! I have this >disk for which the response is always "The desktop file couldn't be >created on the disk..." followed by ejection. Nor can the desktop >file be rebuilt. I don't get any chance to try to reinitialize it. Sometimes we spend too much time with our computers, and forget the basics of life :-) The follow simple procedure will suffice: 1. Procure a magnet, any magnet. 2. Wave it back and forth over the surface of the offending disk. 3. The disk can now be reinitialized. --Al Evans-- -- Al Evans "You'd grep to know what ...uunet!execu!sequoia!crucible!al you really sed." --Referent Blob