19 Jan
2005
19 Jan
'05
7:31 a.m.
>> assumes you're going for 1.4, attempts
it, and fails. You can choose /f:720
>> with later versions of DOS; use "/t:80 /n:9" for 3.x.
>/F:2 would also work for some versions.
>With XP, /T:80/N:9 seems to be the only way that still works!
On Wed, 19 Jan
2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Hi Fred
Are you using a fresh disk or one that has already been
formatted once before? I've seen it do this as well
but never explored it much to see if a blank disk would
still work.
blank, new, used,...
In XP, it gave an "unrecognized switch/option" type message for
ALL of the possible ways to format a 720K EXCEPT "/T:80 /N:9"
When formatting from the "desktop", the only choice for disk type was 1.4