Disklavier

Thank you both! Thank you!
Until now I've been limited to playing PianoSoft Solo
disks and my daughter's recital music that we recorded
on my MX-88.  I have quite a few DS/DD diskettes but I
gave up on ever using them because I believed XP (and
my NT-based machine at work for that matter) refused
to format them. With this simple DOS command and the
MID2ESEQ utility that I downloaded months ago when I
joined the group, a world full of MIDI files is
available in my living room!

Rich


--- Chine-Chine Wang <chine@...> wrote:
> Please allow me to add on to this excellent method
> to format 720k disks
> - the easiest way to do this in Windows XP is this:
>    1. Click on "Start"
>    2. Select "Run"
>    3. Type in "cmd /k format a: /t:80 /n:9" (without
> the quotes) and hit
> Enter.
>    4. Follow the prompt (insert DD floppy and hit
> Enter).
> 
> The beauty is that the next time you need to do
> this, the long command
> will be remembered in the previous commands of the
> "Run" box (as
> pull-down selection), as long as you're logged in on
> the same computer
> as the same user.
> 
> You can use other alternatives such as a batch file
> or a shortcut to
> execute this (assuming that, like me, you sometimes
> have trouble
> remembering seldom used DOS command switches), but
> the run box takes the
> least effort.
> 
> Chine-Chine Wang
> 
> 
> "Matthew E. Walworth" wrote:
> > 
> > --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "jwross1"
> <jwross1@y...> wrote:
> > >  Windows will not
> > > let me format a 2DD disk.
> > 
> > There IS a way to format 720k disks in Windows XP.
> While Explorer won't let you do it,
> > the command line will.
> > 
> > Open a command window (Start -> Programs ->
> Accessories -> Command Prompt).
> > Type the following line:
> > 
> > format a: /t:80 /n:9
> > 
> > You will be prompted to insert a blank disk in the
> A: drive. Do so and then hit enter. If
> > the disk you inserted is a double density disk,
> you should see progress messages as
> > it is formatted. Wait until you get the command
> prompt back after which you can type
> > exit to close the command window. From there XP
> should see the disk just fine and
> > allow you to drag copy your files onto it.
> > 
> > ...matthew...
> 

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