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More info?)
I just use format if I want to remove all the files from a floppy. You can
delete individual files also. Floppies use the FAT16 file system but cd's
have their own file system called Compact Disk File System (cdfs).
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"oldhyde" <oldhyde@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thanks, it sounds easy enough. will this work with the floppy disc as
> well. i
> will try this new trick later and let you know.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> To erase files from a CD
>> Open My Computer.
>> Double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays the files and
>> folders
>> located on the CD.
>> Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. Windows displays the CD
>> Writing Wizard.
>> Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the CD-RW.
>>
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>> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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>> "oldhyde" <oldhyde@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ABABD8DF-6C39-4E69-A693-41088542ED4B@microsoft.com...
>> > ok, i've got norton ghost installed so i can do backups not on the hard
>> > drive. apparently i did not have enough discs to completed this chore.
>> > how,
>> > then do i reformat these discs so i can use them again and do smaller
>> > backup
>> > jobs? any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks.
>>
>>
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