Disklavier

Ok... 

Thanks for informing as I thought that XP also had the same functions as
windows 98 on Dos..! so it is not so...

Rgds
budds

-----Original Message-----
From: Chine-Chine Wang [mailto:chine@...] 
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:55 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Format a 720 Disk with Windows XP

Nice try Budds, but this will not work for Windows XP users because you
don't get the 720Kb option when formatting a floppy via GUI, and in XP's
command prompt (fake DOS mode) "/f:720" is not a valid parameter for the
format command.

CCW


Buddhika wrote:
> 
> Hi, Stocken,
> 
> The first time I can contribute to the disklavier group.!
> 
> I live in Sri Lanka where there is not much available in the way of
> hardware. It was impossible to find 720k double density floppy's
> locally.
> Hence I have formatted the 1.44 2HD floppy's to double density 720
using
> normal format on dos mode. You can also do it by windows by going to
my
> computer and right clicking (I think) to format and then select the
type
> as 720k but it takes a little longer. Before you format the trick is
> that you need to cover the extra hole on the left side in the 2HD
> diskettes (not the write protect tab but the other) using some paper
and
> tape as thin as possible so that you want get the disk stuck in the
> drive.
> 
> Once you are in dos mode write and if you are on C: drive then you
need
> to write c:\format a:/f:720
> If you need to check other switches just type c:\format/?
> 
> This should give you all the other formats as well.
> 
> Rgds
> Budds
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stocken395 [mailto:stocken395@...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:00 PM
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [disklavier] Format a 720 Disk with Windows XP
> 
> Hello, is their anyway one can format a 720 Disk with windows XP or
> a utility progran I can download. Thanks in advance Gus
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