Formatting floppy discs

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I need asistance on how to format my floppy discs. I
have tried searhing EVERYWHERE. Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated. I cannot seem to locate a DOS
promopt or anything. Thanks
 
Open "My Computer" , place the floppy disk in the drive. Then in My
Computer, right-click on the A:(floppy) drive icon and choose format from
the drop-down menu.
 
I need asistance on how to format my floppy discs. I
have tried searhing EVERYWHERE. Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated.
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In My Computer, single click on your A: drive, then go to File |
Format.

I cannot seem to locate a DOS
promopt or anything. Thanks
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There is no real DOS prompt in WIndows XP, but there is a Command
Prompt, which emulates DOS. You get to it by going to Start | Run
and typing CMD. You can also issue the old DOS format command
there.
 
| I need asistance on how to format my floppy discs. I
| have tried searhing EVERYWHERE. Any assistance would be
| greatly appreciated. I cannot seem to locate a DOS
| promopt or anything. Thanks

Using the Command Prompt window is the best bet because it will format both
1.44MB and 720KB diskettes. The command format a: (or format a: -q
for quick format) will "see" the correct disk size and will format accordingly —
unless you have already tried to format the 720 diskette via My Computer. That
will screw up a 720 floppy in short order because it will start formatting as if
the diskette is a 1.44 until it discovers its error! :-(

Larc



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