Hi George, Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 2:16:42 AM, you wrote: G> Pc, G> Why not make a dos system disk then erase the system files on the disk? G> Won't you have a formatted disk then? The question is, is it actually formatting the floppy, or is it merely rewriting the system area and assuming that the rest of the floppy is ok? --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.