Quick Reformatter needed

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Most of us donft have to deal with 3.5h floppy disks anymorec but I have
a client for whom I have to copy data to up to 500 floppies on a regular
basis. These floppies are recycled for copying new data, but I need to erase
the old data beforehand. To do that most efficiently, I use an old 5K DOS
program called gQuick Disk Reformatterh (QDR.COM).
Once I have opened a DOS window in Windows XP, I type gQDR a:h and press
Enter. The process takes about 6 to 7 seconds. After that I insert another
floppy and just hit the Enter key.
This procedure is good enough for reformatting a couple of floppies, but
I could imagine that elimination the Enter procedure would be a big help.
Is there a program that would let me achieve this task? (Insert floppy, wait
until the message gSuccessfully formatted!h appears, then insert the next
onec
If not, how would a bath file have to look like that makes QDR do it?

Any hint is appreciated since the time I have to spend on it isnft paid
or part of the job.

Thanks,
Murgi
 
Most of us donft have to deal with 3.5h floppy disks anymorec but I have
a client for whom I have to copy data to up to 500 floppies on a regular
basis. These floppies are recycled for copying new data, but I need to erase
the old data beforehand. To do that most efficiently, I use an old 5K DOS
program called gQuick Disk Reformatterh (QDR.COM).
Once I have opened a DOS window in Windows XP, I type gQDR a:h and press
Enter. The process takes about 6 to 7 seconds. After that I insert another
floppy and just hit the Enter key.
This procedure is good enough for reformatting a couple of floppies, but
I could imagine that elimination the Enter procedure would be a big help.
Is there a program that would let me achieve this task? (Insert floppy, wait
until the message gSuccessfully formatted!h appears, then insert the next
onec
If not, how would a bath file have to look like that makes QDR do it?

Any hint is appreciated since the time I have to spend on it isnft paid
or part of the job.
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Tell him to install a CD Writer/Tape drive or to **** off and find some
other sucker to do it. He'll install a CDRW/Tape drive because he knows
he'll not find another mug stupid enough to do it.

There isn't enough money on this earth that'd get me to back up stuff
onto 500 floppies. And to do it for free? You must have a screw loose
somewhere. Stuff the fact he's a client. Clients like that you can do
without.
 
Murgi said:
Most of us donft have to deal with 3.5h floppy disks anymorec but I have
a client for whom I have to copy data to up to 500 floppies on a regular
basis. These floppies are recycled for copying new data, but I need to erase
the old data beforehand. To do that most efficiently, I use an old 5K DOS
program called gQuick Disk Reformatterh (QDR.COM).
Once I have opened a DOS window in Windows XP, I type gQDR a:h and press
Enter. The process takes about 6 to 7 seconds. After that I insert another
floppy and just hit the Enter key.
This procedure is good enough for reformatting a couple of floppies, but
I could imagine that elimination the Enter procedure would be a big help.
Is there a program that would let me achieve this task? (Insert floppy, wait
until the message gSuccessfully formatted!h appears, then insert the next
onec
If not, how would a bath file have to look like that makes QDR do it?

Any hint is appreciated since the time I have to spend on it isnft paid
or part of the job.
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You're not getting paid for the back up time?? You're doing it for
free?? You're nuts, I can't even fathom someone asking this type of
question. Do you have some kind of slave/master relationship with this
client that is fulfilling other needs?
 
You're not getting paid for the back up time?? You're doing it for
free?? You're nuts, I can't even fathom someone asking this type of
question. Do you have some kind of slave/master relationship with this
client that is fulfilling other needs?
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And on 500 floppies too. That must take DAYS to do. What a ****ing
lunatic he must be.
 
Thanks for both nice replies... I think that 2005 still provides enough
time to upgrade from "incredible ***hole to a decent member of society!

By the way, I get well paid for the copying job, but not for cleaning up
used floppies. I already got perfect solutions in another newsgroup (fast
cleaning and copying in one go), and no smartass comments like these...
 
"Murgi" <[email protected]:7501> wrote:
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Most of us don?ft have to deal with 3.5?h floppy disks anymore?c but I have
a client for whom I have to copy data to up to 500 floppies on a regular
basis. These floppies are recycled for copying new data, but I need to erase
the old data beforehand. To do that most efficiently, I use an old 5K DOS
program called ?gQuick Disk Reformatter?h (QDR.COM).
Once I have opened a DOS window in Windows XP, I type ?gQDR a:?h and press
Enter. The process takes about 6 to 7 seconds. After that I insert another
floppy and just hit the Enter key.
This procedure is good enough for reformatting a couple of floppies, but
I could imagine that elimination the Enter procedure would be a big help.
Is there a program that would let me achieve this task? (Insert floppy, wait
until the message ?gSuccessfully formatted!?h appears, then insert the next
one?c
If not, how would a bath file have to look like that makes QDR do it?
Click to expand...
Any hint is appreciated since the time I have to spend on it isn?ft paid
or part of the job.
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This might work. Type:

"diskcopy /?"

This is a DOS command that copies and verifies the copy. I'm not
certain that it will copy a 'formatted' floppy to one with data, but
it's very convenient if it works.

You don't really have to reformat the floppies. You can write a batch
file on your hard drive:

del /F /S /Q a:\*.*

/F - force read only deletion
/S - del subdirectories
/Q - quietly

"del /?" for info on your machine.
 
By the way, I get well paid for the copying job, but not for cleaning up
used floppies. I already got perfect solutions in another newsgroup (fast
cleaning and copying in one go), and no smartass comments like these...
Click to expand...

I hope you _do_ get paid well for this - heaven knows - that amount of
man-hours would quickly justify buying a USB CD writer for the job
assuming it's done frequently.
 
Murgi said:
Once I have opened a DOS window in Windows XP, I type gQDR a:h and press
Enter. The process takes about 6 to 7 seconds. After that I insert another
floppy and just hit the Enter key.
Click to expand...

Poke around a bit, and you might be able to locate one of those bulk
copy machines used by software companies and colleges to make many
copies all at once. They should be pretty cheap, if they have not all
been thrown away.
 
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