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These programs will prevent the accidental formatting of the C:
drive while allowing full use of parameters when formating the floppy
drives.
To set up for your machine, REName your FORMAT.COM program to DONOTUSE.COM
Next copy FORMATCL.EXE or FORMATBW.EXE to FORMAT.EXE on your DOS disk.
FORMATCL.EXE is for color displays, FORMATBW.EXE is for monochrome displays.
To use the programs, type the FORMAT commands just as with the DOS FORMAT
command. e.g. FORMAT A:/S/V. As long as drive C: is not specified, FORMAT
will work normally. If drive C: is specified, a tone sounds and a warning
is displayed on the screen.
Ken Zey
RBBS 501-636-0147 5pm to 7am