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Formatting a Floppy disk
For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from
Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought moments. Thank you in advance. -- thank you greatly tlove |
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Click MY Computer twice. Right click the Floppy icon,
select Format Alternate...Start/Run format a: Alternate (if you need to format a non-supported floppy type) Start/Run cmd Then format /? to see the switches -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "tlove" wrote in message ... | For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from | Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to | find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought | moments. Thank you in advance. | -- | thank you greatly tlove |
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tlove wrote: For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought moments. Thank you in advance. When I right click on '3 1/2 Floppy (A' in My Computer, one of the menu options is 'Format...', and if I select that option it allows me to format a floppy disk - provided I have inserted a floppy disk in the floppy drive. I believe that's the way Windows XP is supposed to work, but if yours doesn't work that way perhaps you could tell us what happens instead, and we'll do our best to help out. Sunny |
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"tlove" wrote in message ... For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought moments. Thank you in advance. -- thank you greatly tlove On a generic level: Click Start / Help, then type Format floppy disk You will find a wealth of information under the Help menu! |
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insert the floppy disk, go to my computer, right click the floppy icon and
select "format" "tlove" wrote in message ... For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought moments. Thank you in advance. -- thank you greatly tlove |
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insert the floppy disk, go to my computer, right click the floppy icon and
select "format" "tlove" wrote in message ... For the life of me I can not figure out how to format a floppy disk from Windows XP. I have looked for things over and over to help but can't seem to find what I need. May just be one of those not as smart as u thought moments. Thank you in advance. -- thank you greatly tlove |
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