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Great info for all XP users !


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chine-Chine Wang" <chine@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Format a 720 Disk with Windows XP


> OK folks - I *think* I just found out a way to format 720Kb double
> density floppies in Windows XP.  Here's how:
>
> 1. Have at hand one FORMATTED and BLANK double density floppy disk -
> let's call it disk A; and another double density floppy that you want to
> format - lets call it disk B.
>
> 2. Insert disk A into your floppy drive.  Go to My Computer ->
> right-click on the floppy drive -> select "Copy Disk".
>
> 3. Press [Enter] to let disk A be the source disk, wait.
>
> 4. When prompted, eject disk A and insert disk B.  Press [Enter] to let
> disk B be the destination disk, wait again... and voila.
>
> Tested out once and it worked.  And for that matter, your "disk A"
> doesn't necessarily need to be blank - after the image copying is done,
> WinXP can delete the duplicated files from "disk B".
>
> ***I know this is a bit round-about and I'd much prefer having a program
> that does this job - unfortunately the market is probably too small for
> somebody to write one.  I've tried copying different versions of
> format.com to WinXP, but didn't work.  The above method is the only one
> that worked for me without requiring the use of another computer (the
> only thing you do need is a formatted double density disk to be the
> source).
>
> Hope this is of some help for people who have older Disklaviers and
> Windows XP computers!
>
> Chine-Chine Wang
>
>
>
>
> stocken395 wrote:
> >
> > 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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> To reach our group's web site go to:
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> Todd's family web site was completely rewritten in June 2001 and contains
some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among other things, The
url is:
> http://MuncyFamily.com
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