Can't defragment floppy disk

[CM]

Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
defragment my floppy disk. Here's what I did and
continued to do:

After inserting the disk, I visited Windows Explorer,
right-clicked on the a: drive, and clicked
on "Properties", the Tools tab, and "Defragment Now".

When I did/do so, I receive(d) this error message:

"Disk Defragmenter cannot run on this volume type."

Sometimes I received the following error message in
addition to the one above:

"This version of Disk Defragmenter does not support
running more than one instance."

Could someone help me to cut through all these error
messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?

Thanks very much.

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"CM" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
> defragment my floppy disk.
....
> Could someone help me to cut through all these error
> messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?

A floppy disks is only 1.44Mb in size.
The way to "defrag a floppy" :-
Is to copy the files off it - reformat it - and then write the files back.
- what makes you think it is fragmented at all ??!!!

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Regards,

Mike
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"CM" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
> defragment my floppy disk. Here's what I did and
> continued to do:
>
> After inserting the disk, I visited Windows Explorer,
> right-clicked on the a: drive, and clicked
> on "Properties", the Tools tab, and "Defragment Now".
>
> When I did/do so, I receive(d) this error message:
>
> "Disk Defragmenter cannot run on this volume type."
>
> Sometimes I received the following error message in
> addition to the one above:
>
> "This version of Disk Defragmenter does not support
> running more than one instance."
>
> Could someone help me to cut through all these error
> messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?
>
> Thanks very much.

[Donald Link]

Why would you want to.



"CM" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
> defragment my floppy disk. Here's what I did and
> continued to do:
>
> After inserting the disk, I visited Windows Explorer,
> right-clicked on the a: drive, and clicked
> on "Properties", the Tools tab, and "Defragment Now".
>
> When I did/do so, I receive(d) this error message:
>
> "Disk Defragmenter cannot run on this volume type."
>
> Sometimes I received the following error message in
> addition to the one above:
>
> "This version of Disk Defragmenter does not support
> running more than one instance."
>
> Could someone help me to cut through all these error
> messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?
>
> Thanks very much.

[johnf]

I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.

Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?

Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
problems.
Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format, (quick or
normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the floppy in another
PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.

I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently have the
same problem.

Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix, or am I
missing something?

--
Johnf

> "CM" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
>> defragment my floppy disk.
> ...
>> Could someone help me to cut through all these error
>> messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?
>
> A floppy disks is only 1.44Mb in size.
> The way to "defrag a floppy" :-
> Is to copy the files off it - reformat it - and then write the files
> back. - what makes you think it is fragmented at all ??!!!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> newsgroups
>
> "CM" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hello. I've tried several times (unsuccessfully) to
>> defragment my floppy disk. Here's what I did and
>> continued to do:
>>
>> After inserting the disk, I visited Windows Explorer,
>> right-clicked on the a: drive, and clicked
>> on "Properties", the Tools tab, and "Defragment Now".
>>
>> When I did/do so, I receive(d) this error message:
>>
>> "Disk Defragmenter cannot run on this volume type."
>>
>> Sometimes I received the following error message in
>> addition to the one above:
>>
>> "This version of Disk Defragmenter does not support
>> running more than one instance."
>>
>> Could someone help me to cut through all these error
>> messages and explain how I can defrag my floopy disk?
>>
>> Thanks very much.

[steve4454]

I have been using XP at work now for some time and I miss both scandisk and
defrag (for floppies). I have had a number of people at work come up with
problems on a floppy and I have been able to help many of them, by taking
the floppy home and using scandisk and defrag on my wife's Win 98 system.
Doesn't always work but quite often it does.



"johnf" > wrote in message
...
> I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.
>
> Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?
>
> Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
> problems.
> Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format, (quick
or
> normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the floppy in
another
> PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.
>
> I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently have the
> same problem.
>
> Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix, or am
I
> missing something?

[johnf]

Good, I'm glad it's not just me.
Now all I need is a fix! Wonder if there's any 3rd party software out there?

--
Johnf

> I have been using XP at work now for some time and I miss both scandisk
> and defrag (for floppies). I have had a number of people at work come
> up with problems on a floppy and I have been able to help many of them,
> by taking the floppy home and using scandisk and defrag on my wife's
> Win 98 system. Doesn't always work but quite often it does.
>
>
>
> "johnf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.
>>
>> Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?
>>
>> Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
>> problems.
>> Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format,
>> (quick or normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the
>> floppy in another PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.
>>
>> I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently have
>> the same problem.
>>
>> Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix, or
>> am I missing something?

[steve4454]

My guess is that Norton has something that might do the job, but it seems
like a big program and quite a bit of money to do the little I want to do
with ScanDisk and Defrag.


"johnf" > wrote in message
...
> Good, I'm glad it's not just me.
> Now all I need is a fix! Wonder if there's any 3rd party software out
there?
>
> --
> Johnf
>
> > I have been using XP at work now for some time and I miss both scandisk
> > and defrag (for floppies). I have had a number of people at work come
> > up with problems on a floppy and I have been able to help many of them,
> > by taking the floppy home and using scandisk and defrag on my wife's
> > Win 98 system. Doesn't always work but quite often it does.
> >
> >
> >
> > "johnf" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.
> >>
> >> Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?
> >>
> >> Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
> >> problems.
> >> Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format,
> >> (quick or normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the
> >> floppy in another PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.
> >>
> >> I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently have
> >> the same problem.
> >>
> >> Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix, or
> >> am I missing something?
>
>

[Unknown]

Never heard of defragging a floppy.
"steve4454" > wrote in message
news:UdANa.14215$Ix2.4315@rwcrnsc54...
> I have been using XP at work now for some time and I miss both scandisk
and
> defrag (for floppies). I have had a number of people at work come up with
> problems on a floppy and I have been able to help many of them, by taking
> the floppy home and using scandisk and defrag on my wife's Win 98 system.
> Doesn't always work but quite often it does.
>
>
>
> "johnf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.
> >
> > Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?
> >
> > Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
> > problems.
> > Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format, (quick
> or
> > normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the floppy in
> another
> > PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.
> >
> > I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently have
the
> > same problem.
> >
> > Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix, or
am
> I
> > missing something?
>
>

[johnf]

Well, try reading the whole of this post.
In case you still can't follow it, for defrag, read format.

BTW, do you really think anyone will take any notice of your
"recommendations" if you continue to sign yourself -
?

--
Johnf

> Never heard of defragging a floppy.
> "steve4454" > wrote in message
> news:UdANa.14215$Ix2.4315@rwcrnsc54...
>> I have been using XP at work now for some time and I miss both
>> scandisk and defrag (for floppies). I have had a number of people at
>> work come up with problems on a floppy and I have been able to help
>> many of them, by taking the floppy home and using scandisk and defrag
>> on my wife's Win 98 system. Doesn't always work but quite often it
>> does.
>>
>>
>>
>> "johnf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I think that may be just a case of using the wrong terminology.
>>>
>>> Which brings me to my query - possibly the same problem?
>>>
>>> Originally I upgraded my old OS with XP Pro & had intermittent floppy
>>> problems.
>>> Often it would not be able to read floppies, on trying to format,
>>> (quick or normal) it would say the floppy wasn't formatted. Put the
>>> floppy in another PC & it's fine. Changing drives doesn't help either.
>>>
>>> I have done a clean install of XP since, but still intermittently
>>> have the same problem.
>>>
>>> Has anyone come across this before with XP, if so, what is the fix,
>>> or am I missing something?