Disklavier

I can suggest one more way to format a 720k DOS diskette for use on 
a WInXP machine.  

My WinXP laptop will read and write 720k diskettes but will not 
format or reformat them, as has been confirmed in previous messages.

I use my IMac to format these disks.  It works only if you use a DD 
diskette or possibly an HD diskette that has had the proper holes 
covered. (I haven't tried it with an HD diskette.) Using an external 
Imation Superdrive (because as you know the iMac has no internal 
floppy disk) I insert a 720k DD/DS diskette and format as 720k DOS 
in response to the prompt.  

Then I put the 720k-formatted disk into the WinXP laptop and set the 
Windows Explorer view for "show hidden files." (I did this one time 
and have not had to change it. From Tools menu, select Folder 
Options, then View tab, then Advanced settings, then select (show 
hidden files.")  

I then delete the finder, openfldrlist, and whatever other hidden 
files were placed there by the Mac.  Don't know if those hidden 
files will interfere on the PC, but I remove them just in case. 

Mike McGregor
Lockhart, TX