[pchelpers] Re: no format
- From: "Cy Halbach" <kr3y@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:58:52 -0400
I do not know about XP but here are the syntax for using the DOS Format
Command.
Mon 07-14-2003 21:56:43.89
C:\>help format
Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS.
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/F:size] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8] [/C]
/V[:label] Specifies the volume label.
/Q Performs a quick format.
/F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (such
as 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88).
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.
/1 Formats a single side of a floppy disk.
/4 Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a high-density drive.
/8 Formats eight sectors per track.
/C Tests clusters that are currently marked "bad."
----- Original Message -----
From: "PcCowboy" <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 18:24 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: no format
> >What kind of format is it trying to do? The floppy is not going to be
> >happy with the NTFS format XP uses. Most likely it is FAT12 (or is it
> >16)? You may also have a faulty media problem on the disk. Try a couple.
> >Also, put in a ready formatted one and see if the drive reads it
correctly.
> The a: drive works just fine. It reads and writes. I was flashing my bios
> and it asked for a formatted disk. So I pushed in a disk and went to MY
> Computer and told it to format the a: drive. That is when I found that
> I could not format a disk. But as I said, if I tell it to make a Dos
System disk
> It format it and palces allthe files on it.
>
> My XP is running the NTFS and I was asumming it could format a floppy
> with the Dos format ( Fat32 or 16) There is no option to pick what files
sytem
> to format a disk that I can see. But I guess it can't.
>
> Pc
>
>
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