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Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- Subject: Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- From: julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)
- Date: 8 Jan 2002 17:49:49 -0800
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: http://groups.google.com/
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"Mad Martian" <news@madmartian.com> wrote in message news:<qML_7.2815$fG.9288@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
> 1. What do I have to do to an IBM formatted disk to reformat it on an Apple
> 2? It gives me an "initialization error" if I try to format a disk that has
> been previously formatted on an IBM. Blank unformatted disks work fine.
All right, you might not like this, but you could always buy a bulk
eraser from Radio Shack and use that on the IBM disks. It also comes
in handy for erasing cassette tapes, too.
Ralph Glatt