floppy drive problems

[Millard]

>-----Original Message-----
>floppies work ok on other machines but keep getting
>message ...disc not formatted do you want to format the
>disc
>can some one help? cleaning the lens did not help
>thanks
>.
>You did not say what file system you were using. In XP
you can use FAT-32 or NTFS. You floppy drive will read
either one but not both without being re-configured. In
other words, If your disk was formatted in FAT-32 and
your XP is formatted in NTFS, your XP won't read it and
you get an error message. Floppies made on a system
running 98 cannot be read by XP unless XP is formatted
FAT-32. If this does not solve the problem, Throw out the
floppy drive and buy a new one. They are too cheap to put
up with headaches like that.

[E.P. van Westendorp]

Nice story but complete nonsense.
Floppies are FAT12.

This has nothing to do which file system is used on the harddisk(s).

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Eric P. van Westendorp Tel: +31(0252)210579
Reigerslaan 22 2215NN Voorhout Netherlands

Millard wrote:
>You did not say what file system you were using. In XP
> you can use FAT-32 or NTFS. You floppy drive will read
> either one but not both without being re-configured. In
> other words, If your disk was formatted in FAT-32 and
> your XP is formatted in NTFS, your XP won't read it and
> you get an error message. Floppies made on a system
> running 98 cannot be read by XP unless XP is formatted
> FAT-32. If this does not solve the problem, Throw out the
> floppy drive and buy a new one. They are too cheap to put
> up with headaches like that.