floppies

[Bart]

I have home XP, how do I read floppies created on a
machine that is Win '98se? I insert into floppy drive
onthe XP machine and it says "Disk in Drive A not
formatted.

"Bart" > wrote in message
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> I have home XP, how do I read floppies created on a
> machine that is Win '98se? I insert into floppy drive
> onthe XP machine and it says "Disk in Drive A not
> formatted.

Floppy formats are the same with Win9x and Win XP. You have some other
problem, perhaps bad media or a bad drive.

[Michael Stevens]

Bart wrote:
> I have home XP, how do I read floppies created on a
> machine that is Win '98se? I insert into floppy drive
> onthe XP machine and it says "Disk in Drive A not
> formatted.

There are issues with XP and floppy drives, floppy disks. Try copying the
data on the disk to a new formatted floppy disk from a system using 98. You
may need to change the floppy drive.
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[Bart]

Thanks all I will check the drive and try a different
floppy.

>-----Original Message-----
>Bart wrote:
>> I have home XP, how do I read floppies created on a
>> machine that is Win '98se? I insert into floppy drive
>> onthe XP machine and it says "Disk in Drive A not
>> formatted.
>
>There are issues with XP and floppy drives, floppy
disks. Try copying the
>data on the disk to a new formatted floppy disk from a
system using 98. You
>may need to change the floppy drive.
>--
>
>Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

>http://michaelstevenstech.com
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