re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 7:02 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bobbie (7 messages posted) I tried to use the 1mb plus the 400kb disk from Win XP in the Win 98 computer and it did not find ANY info and asked if I wanted to format the disk. Bobbie On Monday, May 21, 2007 at 3:58 pm, gewg_ wrote: >|I tried to reformat these disks[...]and the system does about 3/4 of the formatting >|If the disk has info on it, I can read it. >| Bobbie > >...even if the data is on the last 1/4 of the disk? > >Try it using a floppy you have filled up completely like this: >Using the working box, put a 1MB file on the floppy then put a 400kB file on it. >0n the W98 box, try to copy the 2nd file to the HDD. Written in response to: re: 3.5 floppy will not format disks (gewg_: Monday, May 21, 2007 at 3:58 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum