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Formating a 3.5 floppy disk that says it has 2MB
Name: Patrick Date: December 14, 2000 at 11:42:20 Pacific
Comment:
Alright, I have a floppy disk that says it's got 2 MB. I'm using Windows ME and a DOS prompt ver 4.90.3000. I can not seem to figure out the proper way to utilise the parameters and what parameters to use? How do you format the disk the use the 2MB(IThank you for your help and the great reminder!
Name: Eric Date: December 14, 2000 at 12:12:57 Pacific
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You can't. The 2mb is for an unformatted diskette. Once it gets formatted, it becomes the usual 1.44 mb size. The extra space is lost to overhead for formatting info.
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Response Number 2
Name: mcpt Date: December 14, 2000 at 12:29:36 Pacific
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its an odd system. All 1.44 mb disks are 2mb All 720 k are 1mb
You can fit 1.6 mb of data onto a floppy, but only microsoft seem to know how. Just check out an old win 3.1 install disk. 1.6mb
If you know how to format like this.. wed all like to know!
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Response Number 3
Name: tech Date: December 14, 2000 at 13:44:56 Pacific
Name: mcpt Date: December 14, 2000 at 16:37:39 Pacific
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thanks
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Response Number 5
Name: fred6008 Date: December 16, 2000 at 10:44:25 Pacific
Reply:
A lot of larger volume floppy disk schemes can only be read on a computer with the software that created them. That drawback did not apply to Stacker compression but it was awkward.
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