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how to format a floppy disk

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Name: Jack
Date: August 6, 2001 at 16:27:23 Pacific
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hi

I would like to know how to format a floppy disk.

Jack



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Name: Alastair
Date: August 8, 2001 at 12:35:23 Pacific
Reply:

One click on your floppy to darken/highlight
it.
Special Menu (top of screen)-go down to Erase
Disk.....
Chose the format you want your floppy to be
formatted in and then Erase.


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Response Number 2
Name: SMART_KID_99
Date: October 19, 2001 at 06:52:31 Pacific
Reply:

Dont you know how??

WEll on a macintosh.

Select the Floppy Disk.
Click on Special
Then click on erase.
Select the format Dos/Mac/PreDos

ON a WINDOWS 9x PC

Open My computer
Insert the disk
then right click on the disk
then click format
then select the size (usually 1.44 mb)
then click start (top right ;-))

Thats it!!


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