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re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 6:38 am
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Posted by Bobbie (7 messages posted)

I tried a DOS format and it does not complete either. It says "unable to write BOOT record" after going through the whole format thing and stating "Format Complete." I think I need a new drive?!?!? Bobbie

On Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 4:09 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>If the Windows format doesn't work then use the DOS format. Actually DOS works faster
>than Windows.
>
>Run: Format A:
>
>You could always try a floppy cleaner disk.

Written in response to:: re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Keith Stanier: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 4:09 am)

Responses to this message:
re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (gewg_: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 8:20 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]

3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Mon, May 21, 2007, 2:08 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (gewg_: Mon, May 21, 2007, 3:58 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Tue, May 22, 2007, 7:02 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Keith Stanier: Tue, May 22, 2007, 4:09 am)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Tue, May 22, 2007, 6:38 am)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (gewg_: Tue, May 22, 2007, 8:20 am)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Ed: Tue, May 22, 2007, 4:06 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks -- Complete crap from Ed (gewg_: Tue, May 22, 2007, 4:46 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks -- Complete crap from Ed (DNA: Tue, May 22, 2007, 6:48 pm)

Thread hijack: FAT16/FAT32 on a thumbdrive (gewg_: Wed, May 23, 2007, 8:57 am)

Why FAT16?!?!? (DNA: Wed, May 23, 2007, 4:14 pm)

re: Why FAT16?!?!? (gewg_: Wed, May 23, 2007, 5:35 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Tue, May 22, 2007, 7:04 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (dhm: Tue, May 22, 2007, 7:39 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Tue, May 22, 2007, 8:44 pm)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Don: Wed, May 23, 2007, 3:06 am)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Wed, May 23, 2007, 6:56 am)

re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (Bobbie: Wed, May 23, 2007, 3:16 pm)

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