7 Oct
2005
7 Oct
'05
6:08 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Somewhat OT: I find that commodity 1.44MB diskettes
are far more reliable when used as DS2D media. Just cover over the "window"
with some opaque tape or one of those "write protect" tabs from a box of
5.25" diskettes (or "write enable" tabs from a box of 8" diskettes).
Sadly, although XP will read them, it will no longer format them.
Have you tried FORMAT A: /T:80/N:9 from the command line?
/F (/F:2, /F:720) is gone :-(
and Windoze Explode doesn't provide much options.
... and the "phantom" B: drive seems to be gone :-(
On at least SOME machines, I've been able to Format 720K