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WAAAY off topic, automatic floppy formatting

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Wrecks

Discussion Starter · May 26, 2004

Okay, I know that this message shouldn't even be posted here, but I don't belong to any other forums where there are people intelligent enough to give me the right answer.

I have a bunch of 3" diskettes that I need to reformat. Probably a couple hundred.

Back in my DOS days, I had a program I could run as a TSR that would detect when a floppy disk was inserted, and reformat it for me. It would then beep to tell me that disk was done so I could remove it and insert another. It would do this over and over until I removed the TSR. I never had to touch the keyboard.

I'd love to get that program back again, or one like it. It wasn't an integrated program like the Norton utilities, it was it's own standalone program. I can't even remember the name of it anymore.

I've done quite a bit of Internet searching, but can't come up with anything.

Does it ring a bell with anybody out there?

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icecow

· #2 · May 26, 2004

I donated 5 min of search to you and think I scored.

My lead is DiskDupe, looks like it will do that.

http://www.copypro.com/newwebsite/Diskette/hformat.htm

download here:
ftp://ftp.externet.hu/pub/mirror/sac...k/ddwt5139.zip

Disclaimer: This was a minimal research project

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JamesMH

· #3 · May 27, 2004

you use floppy disks? wow . .

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xstrym

· #4 · May 27, 2004

What's a fil-lopey... fi-lopian... faloopy... what is this dead earth language you speak???

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WarrenJ

· #5 · May 27, 2004

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Originally posted by xstrym
What's a fil-lopey... fi-lopian... faloopy... what is this dead earth language you speak???

As best I can recall, a "floppy" is a fish out of water . . . . hope this helps.

Regards,

Warren

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Wrecks

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 27, 2004

Okay, cancel that comment about intelligent people...

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icecow

· #7 · May 27, 2004

UHH!

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rm -rf .

· #8 · May 27, 2004

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Originally posted by Wrecks

I have a bunch of 3" diskettes that I need to reformat. Probably a couple hundred.

'come on Wrecks! DVD blanks aren't THAT expensive....

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WarrenJ

· #9 · May 27, 2004

'cow,

Your recipe for "Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream" was right up my alley! I've already sent it bouncing from coast to coast. I wouldn't be surprised if one of my "victims" winds up sending it to you. After all, how many degrees of separation are there?

Regards,

Warren

P.S. I once had the URL of a website that instructed on the marvels of barbecuing with liquid oxygen (with video!). Sadly, it no longer exists.

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· #10 · May 27, 2004

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Originally posted by WarrenJ

P.S. I once had the URL of a website that instructed on the marvels of barbecuing with liquid oxygen (with video!). Sadly, it no longer exists.

Oh Gawd... I remember watching those videos - bunch of ******** melting down their Webbers because they failed to realize that they would be dealing with thousand-someodd-degree tempratures - pretty hillarious actually, watching everyone scatter when the bbq dissapeared into a cloud...

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