[jaws-uk] Re: Off topic query
- From: "Phil Medway" <philmedway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:26:13 +0100
Hi Linda,
This is another Phil but I hope that you and Phil don't mind my butting in.
You can't format double density disks to a higher capacity.
Indeed, if you use Windows XP, You won't be able to format double density disks
at all unless you use command mode and type:
format a:
You will receive a number of prompts which you need to follow but the disks
will be formatted as 720k as is normal for double density disks.
To enter command mode, you press WindowsKey+r to invoke the run dialogue and
type cmd in the box, tab to ok and press enter. You are now in a DOS-like
command line mode. To close command mode, you type exit and press enter. This
will take you back to your normal windows operation.
I hope that this is of some use.
Phil Medway.
----- Original Message -----
From: lynda blake
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:15 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Off topic query
Hi Phil
Thanks, you've sort of confirmed what I suspected. I'll bear the DVD tip in
mind, but for now I'm a bit hesitant to branch out like that since I don't have
anyone around who could help out to set things up etc. So if I may ask one
further question, I have a whole load of double density discs left over from
the old word processor days. I'm using high density discs at the moment, but
would it be possible to reformat the double density ones to a higher density? I
haven't tried it out because I'm afraid of causing harm, but it does seem a
shame to waste the discs...
Thanks again.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Phill
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:04 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Off topic query
Hi Linda,
It sounds like yours is just a player, you will need to buy a CD
player/rewriter, or better still buy a DVD rewriter they play CD's as well, you
then have the best of both worlds, and to use like a floppy all you need to do
is format the disk for Data then you can use it like a floppy but much larger.
Hope that helps.
Phill
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of lynda blake
Sent: 10 May 2005 19:02
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Off topic query
I currently use floppy discs to store data, but am wondering if it might
be possible to use blank CDs instead. However, while my computer will play CDs
I don't have the capacity to re-write them, so I know I can't download music or
anything but could I use blank CDs by simply pre-fixing the save function with
d: instead of a:?
Hope this makes sense and that someone knows the answer.
Thanks in advance.
Lynda
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