In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/28/2005
   at 12:12 PM, Walt Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Writing an EOF is different.  That replaces just one block on the
>track,  leaving the rest of the data (in the subsequent blocks)
>intact. 

No, it erases the remainder of the track, at least as far as normal
CCW's are concerned.

>ZAP and other programs can read the rest of the data in that case, 

He's dead, Jim.
 
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