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- From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
- Subject: Re: DOS Filesystem problems - transfering stuff on floppies screws up
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.212124.11339@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
- Organization: DSO, Stanford University
- References: <6663@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 21:21:24 GMT
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- Dan Hartman writes
- > Has anyone else ever had trouble transfering files onto a
- > DOS disk bigger than about 200-300K? Every time I fill up
- > a standard HD with more than that, the PC will report a
- > read error when it tries to get it (And I've tested this
- > on about 5 different PC's) Is this normal, or should I
- > take my NeXT in to get the floppy drive replaced before
- > my warranty runs out (a couple of days, I believe).
- >
-
- I don't think its normal. I do this all the time, with no
- problems, in both directions.
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- Stefano Pagiola
- Food Research Institute, Stanford University
- spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
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