[mswindowsxp] Re: Creating a Bootable Floppy.
- From: Ted Cotton <tabcot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:49:39 +1200
Hi, Ibrahim,
Will do. Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Ted.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ibrahim, Mustafa" <Mustafa.Ibrahim@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:48 AM
Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Creating a Bootable Floppy.
> Ted,
>
> Kind of a long shot, but give one of the Spyware applications a try.
AdAware is a good one.
>
> Also see if there is any updated drivers for your Floppy controller or
BIOS from vendor's website, but be sure to back up of course.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Cotton [mailto:tabcot@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 September 2004 02:27
> To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Creating a Bootable Floppy.
>
>
> Hi, Mustafa.
>
> > You might be able to confirm this by borrowing a bootable floppy from a
> friend or someone else and trying to boot off > that disk.
>
> I have several bootable floppies and I can boot off them all.
> >
> > You might also want to check BIOS setup for floppy disk.
>
> That is all correct.
>
> I can perform a regular format okay.
>
> Another problem: When I R/Click my Removable HDD (Samsung SPO411N ) and
> select Format, Windows says it can't do it because it's being used. I have
> System Restore turned off on this drive and Norton Protected files is
empty.
> I can only format the drive by using the Disk Management option. This
works
> okay, but although DiskCheck and Norton Disk Doctor say the drive is okay,
> Norton Ghost won't recognise it as a valid drive. Partition Magic says
the
> disk is bad and comes up with error number 4 when it tries to format it. I
> wanted to create a booable floppy so I could use zap on it.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Ted.
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