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- Program : DFormat.EXE Program : DFormat.EXE
- Description : The Fast and Easy Floppy Disk Formatter Description : The Fast and Easy Floppy Disk Formatter
- Created : April 17, 1989 Created : April 17, 1989
- Revised : March 28, 1990 Revised : March 28, 1990
- Comment : Comment :
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- Table of Contents Table of Contents
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- What is DFormat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What is DFormat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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- DFormat License Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 DFormat License Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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- Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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- Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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- Registering DFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Registering DFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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- Operating DFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Operating DFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- Drive to Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drive to Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Logical Drive Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Logical Drive Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Type of Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Type of Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Volume Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Volume Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Set Verify Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Set Verify Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Fast Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fast Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- Quick Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Quick Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Cyclic Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cyclic Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Exit to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Exit to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- The ESCAPE Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The ESCAPE Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- Copyright 1990, TOADWare Software Systems Copyright 1990, TOADWare Software Systems
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- DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter
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- Copyright 1990, TOADWare Software Systems Copyright 1990, TOADWare Software Systems
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- DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter
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- What is DFormat? What is DFormat?
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- DFormat is a full-featured floppy diskette formatting utility. It
- achieves its utility through a menu driven interface and provides
- the means to easily and quickly format 5 1/4" (360KB or 1.2MB) or
- 3 1/2" (720KB or 1.4MB) diskettes. Formatting speed is roughly
- twice that of the normal DOS format utility. After using DFormat
- once you will not return to the DOS Format utility for floppy
- diskettes again.
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- Because of Copyrights and such DFormat will only allow you to
- format data diskettes only (non-bootable). A special boot sector
- is placed on the disk to inform the operator to place a bootable
- diskette in the drive and continue. Within this boot sector is a
- un-initialized 10 character serial number. This is used by
- MSTRCPY (another TOADWare Software Systems product) to serialize
- a diskette.
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- At no time will the operator be allowed to format a fixed At no time will the operator be allowed to format a fixed
- media device (Hard Disk, Tape Drive, etc..). DFormat will media device (Hard Disk, Tape Drive, etc..). DFormat will
- only format floppy disk drive. only format floppy disk drive.
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- DFormat will execute on any computer using DOS 3.0 or later,
- having a minimum of 256K of RAM, and a standard floppy diskette
- controller. Color video will give a more acceptable display but
- monochrome is also allowed.
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- DFormat License Terms DFormat License Terms
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- DFormat along with all supporting documentation is copyrighted by
- TOADWare Software Systems, and all rights are reserved (1990). It
- is licensed specifically for evaluation use by all IBM PC/XT/AT
- and compatible owners and operators as Shareware for a period of
- time not to exceed 30 days.
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- As Shareware, DFormat may be freely copied by individuals,
- Computer User Groups, and Bulletin Board System (BBS) operators
- for transmission to others for evaluation.
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- DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter
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- No charge of any amount may be made by anyone for DFormat without
- the express permission of TOADWare Software Systems, with the
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- Bona fide organized computer user groups and/or clubs may
- charge a nominal copying and handling fee for the purpose of
- distributing Shareware copies of DFormat to their members.
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- BBS operators who operate on a subscription basis may
- include copies of DFormat on their boards for downloading by
- board subscribers.
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- All others are encouraged to make copies of DFormat and pass them
- along (without charge) to their friends, associates, or
- acquaintances for the purposes of evaluation.
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- Anyone distributing the Shareware version of the DFormat Package
- must inform the recipent that the Package is NOT free software
- and if used beyond the 30 day evaluation period it must be paid
- for.
- Warranty Warranty
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- DFormat is provided AS IS without any warranty, either expressed
- or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular
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- Product Support Product Support
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- Because of the 1. Cost, 2. Time required, and 3. Effort needed. I
- cannot support or help any one that has not registered a copy of
- DFormat. Registered users will receive information on how to get
- support.
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- Registering DFormat Registering DFormat
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- DFormat is a Shareware product. It is NOT public domain software.
- TOADWare Software Systems urges those who find DFormat to be of
- sufficient utility so as to use it on a regular basis to become a
- registered user by sending the registration fee of $15.00.
- Registered users will receive a copy of registered version of
- DFormat on disk and one free upgrade. Also, registered users are
- offered discounts on other TOADWare Software Systems products.
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- DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter DFormat - The Fast and Easy Floppy Diskette Formatter
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- To Register the data diskette version of DFormat simply mail a
- check or money order in the amount of $15.00 (plus $2.00 for
- shipping and handling) payable to :
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- Richard A. Nichols Richard A. Nichols
- TOADWare Software Systems TOADWare Software Systems
- 12138 Persimmon Terrace 12138 Persimmon Terrace
- Auburn, CA 95603 Auburn, CA 95603
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- You can also send your name and address and be placed on our
- mailing list to receive our catalog and newsletters.
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- DFormat will be shipped first class mail within 4 to 6 weeks of
- receipt of the registration fee.
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- Operating DFormat Operating DFormat
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- DFormat is menu driven and therefore quite easy to use. The main
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- Drive to Format Drive to Format
- Logical Drive Reference Logical Drive Reference
- Type of Format Type of Format
- Volume Label Volume Label
- Set Verify Flag Set Verify Flag
- Fast Format Fast Format
- Quick Format Quick Format
- Cyclic Format Cyclic Format
- Exit to DOS Exit to DOS
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- Movement thru the menu system is very simple, infact you have
- three methods for selecting a function! 1.) Use the cursor keys
- to move the cursor bar to the desired function and press Return
- to select. 2.) Use the mouse (if one has been installed) in place
- of the cursor keys. 3.) Press the key matching the first entry on
- each menu lie.
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- Menu items are selected either by moving the cursor bar to the
- desired item and pressing return (MOUSE LEFT BUTTON) or by
- pressing the character key corresponding the highlighted option.
- You can also move back to the previous menu level by pressing the
- ESC (MOUSE RIGHT BUTTON).
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- All menu items are augmented by a help line that is written on
- the 25th line of the screen.
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- Drive to Format This option allows the user to select the Drive to Format
- drive to be referenced in any of the
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- Logical Drive Reference This option allows the user to select the Logical Drive Reference
- alphabetic reference for the selected drive.
- Simply put, use this option to insure that
- each of the physical drive references match
- the logical drive reference you are use to
- using (i.e. drive 1 is 'A').
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- Type of Format This option allows the operator to select the Type of Format
- density of the diskette to be formatted.
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- N O T E - Be very careful using this option! You can N O T E -
- select disk formats that are higher than what
- the disk drive will allow and it will appear
- that DFormat is working correctly.
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- Also, the higher density formats (720KB,
- 1.2MB, and 1.44MB) use 80 track drives.
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- If you try to format these higher density
- formats on a standard 360KB drive you can do
- physical damage to the disk drive its self.
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- Volume Label This option allows the operator to change the Volume Label
- default volume label for the selected disk
- drive. Each of the disk drives can have it's
- own default label.
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- Set Verify Flag This option allow the use to set the verify Set Verify Flag
- flag which tells the program to verify each
- disk write. If good quality diskettes are
- used then this option will only double the
- time required to format a diskette.
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- Fast Format This option will format an entire diskette at Fast Format
- roughly twice the speed of the DOS format
- utility.
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- If any files are found on the diskette the
- operator will be shown a list of those files
- and be prompted whether to continue or abort
- the operation.
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- Quick Format This option allow the operator to quickly re- Quick Format
- format a previously formatted diskette. This
- option formats the Directory (and FAT) areas
- of the diskette. This is the same as the DOS
- command DEL *.* but gives the added security
- in that a file cannot be un-erased.
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- If any files are found on the diskette the
- operator will be shown a list of those files
- and be prompted whether to continue or abort
- the operation.
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- Cyclic Format This option allows the user to batch format a Cyclic Format
- large number of diskettes. If a diskette has
- not been previously formatted then a fast
- format will be performed. If a valid
- directory area is found then a quick format
- will be done.
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- After each diskette is done the program will
- sound a tone and wait for the operator to
- insert a new diskette. Pressing any key will
- start the program again or pressing the
- ESCape key will stop the Cyclic Format and
- return you to the main menu at the end of the
- current operation.
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- Be Careful! This option does not warn you if Be Careful!
- the disk to be formatted contains data!
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- Exit to DOS This option will return the user to DOS. If Exit to DOS
- any of the default parameters have been
- changed the operator will be given a chance
- to update the configuration information of
- the program.
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- The ESCAPE Key The ESCAPE Key
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- The ESC key can be used to exit from just about any menu or
- operation. It will also abort formatting with an error message.
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- Error Handling Error Handling
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- We have tried to make DFormat as bullet proof as possible and
- have provided for an Error Box to pop up in the event a critical
- error is encountered. The operation currently in progress will
- usually be terminated if an error occurs.
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- Help Help
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- DFormat contains two levels of context sensitive help. The first
- is available for the current operation by pressing the F1 Key, a F1
- window will pop up with help information pertaining to the
- current operation.
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- The second level of help is a general pick list of valid help
- topics. At any time you wish to access the help system for all of
- the operations simply press the Alt-F1 Key. A window containing a Alt-F1
- pick list of all of the available help topics will be shown and
- by moving the cursor bar to the proper item and pressing the
- return key you will be shown that help topic.
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- Pressing the ESC Key will allow you to leave the current help ESC
- sub-system and return to the function it was called from.
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