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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5187)	8/16/1999 1:27:00 AM
From: RJL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110588

You should be able to delete the individual file or program from the zip disk, or if you so chose, re-format the entire disc. Just right-click on the drive from My Computer and select Format. Cheers, Rich

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5187)	8/16/1999 1:28:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110588

Sherry, you can delete files from the ZIP disk - same as from a regular floppy disk. No need to reformat. Gottfried

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5187)	8/16/1999 8:59:00 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110588

fantastic! glad to hear that it all worked out. and thanks for getting back to us. helps so much to know what works. and i see that you already have your zip disk reuse question answered. yes, this thread is quite different than so many others. day in, day out, one of the best i've seen or been a part of. :) mark

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5187)	8/16/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110588

Zip disk stuff ... Curiously, when Zip disks are formatted with the 'My Computer' format, they get formatted with approximately 95 meg of space, but if you use the Iomega Zip format program, you get the full 100 meg of space. I don't know what you get if you use FORMAT /Q, since it only erases files and directory entries and, as yet, I haven't tried it. Either way, you can still delete files and re-use the diskette. Cheers, PW. P.S. If you accidentally buy Mac disks, you'll need to re-format them for a PC. The process takes about 15 minutes.