Microsoft KB Archive/103542

Why FORMAT Refers to a MIRROR File PSS ID Number: Q103542 Article last modified on 11-02-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS

6.00 6.20

MS-DOS

Microsoft MS-DOS versions 6.0 and 6.2 refer to a file called “Mirror” in an error message. This message occurs when a floppy disk is too full to save UNFORMAT information.

The Mirror file is used by UNFORMAT to recover data from a recently formatted floppy disk. The Mirror reference is a remnant of MS-DOS 5.0, which provides a program called MIRROR.

Additional reference words: 6.00 6.20 insufficient space image file

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