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- Floppy disk format performance data.
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- The following format performance data was derived while operating the
- DOS FORMAT command and FormatMaster (FM) on an AST 20mhz 386 running
- DOS 5.0. Performance data derived from operations in other machine
- and/or DOS environments will differ.
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- Full format and verification, no label or system transfer:
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- Command FM DOS DISK
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- FORMAT A: /U /F:360 0:35 0:41 360k
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- FORMAT A: /U 1:10 1:17 1.2M
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- FORMAT B: /U /F:720 1:22 1:28 720K
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- FORMAT B: /U 1:25 1:33 1.4M
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- Note: The "/U" switch is necessary to force a full, verified format
- with the DOS 5.0 FORMAT.COM utility.
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- FM format only:
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- 360K 0:29
- 1.2M 0:56
- 720K 1:06
- 1.4M 1:08
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- New-Ware has formatted thousands of low-priced bulk diskettes with FM
- in the non-verification mode and used these diskettes for product
- shipment. The rate of bad disk returns and the rate of diskettes
- rejected during the duplication process are vanishingly low. If you
- are using quality diskettes and time is of the essence, you can
- safely format diskettes without the verification process. Even so,
- FM issues a warning during non-verified formatting.
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