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Sysadmin hailed as hero for deleting data from the wrong disk drive

GlenP Silver badge

ACT Apricots didn't follow the IBM practice with disk naming so the HD was A: and the floppy B:

Fortunately a format of A: would be noticed quickly (HD light flashing away, no activity from the FD) and could be rectified with judicious use of Norton Disk Doctor.

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