FLOPPY FORMAT ERROR

[sahil_blues]

i have a wierd problem...my friend uses a comp having windows 2000 NT...i wanted someting out of his comp and used a floppy...but when i tried to run it on my windows xp it said that the floppy is not formatted...i then formatted a floppy in xp and tried it again but still the same problem occured...i tried to use the floppy on another guy's xp but it showed the same error...wats going on??

[aadipa]

do u know where the dust bin is??

just through that floppy in it coz it has got some physical damage...


although u can use such floppy with win 9x os by formatting it with non standatrd programs like TFormat by Vinal Pal........ it won't work on XP

[Jatin_T]

I got tht problem too..
No floppies seem to work on both mine and my friends pc he has win98 and wen i put his floppy in my WinXP pro,it says floppy not formatted!!
No probs now tho(hopefully)..got a cd wrter yesterday!

[kl_ravi]

HD-COPY - Fast diskette copier and high capacity formatter.

* * * *

[updated 2004-08-07]

From the docs...

HD-COPY is the fastest copy-program I know (and I know many) --- there's definitely no faster one. You can also use it to format disks at various formats (from 720 Kb to 1.764 Mb in this version of HD-COPY), which is faster than DOS' FORMAT and produce s less errors.
The following DD formats are supported:
* 320 Kb, 360 Kb, 720 Kb; "special" DD formats: 400 Kb, 800 Kb, 820 Kb and similar
The following HD formats are supported:
* 5 1/4 inch drives: 1.2 Mb, 1.44 Mb, 1.48 Mb and similar
* 3 1/2 inch drives: 1.2 Mb, 1.44 Mb, 1.48 Mb, 1.72 Mb and similar
Note: To use non-standard disks (i.e. 5 1/4 disks with more than 1.2 Mb or 3 1/2 disks with more than 1.44 Mb) outside HD-COPY, you have to install a TSR program like FDREAD (included), because the DOS/BIOS doesn't like disks with an unusual number of s ectors. HD-COPY itself doesn't need FDREAD, since it has its own routines to handle special formats.

Author: Oliver Fromme (1995) Germany. Cardware.

download hdcp20ae.zip, in English (81K), or/oder hdcp20ad.zip, auf Deutsch (101K)

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[PraKs]

Hi
Just like to give u piece of advice

Get a 128 MB USB Drive of LG Or iBall it will cost u a mare 1400 Rs

Its really usefull.. I have a LG one. Good Media, Good capacity & Best is Data Safety

Atleast It will not hang/ corrupt at the time when u really need UR data.

Try out

Bye, Take care, God Bless all ur Floppies

[amitsaudy]

Yeah !
Just dump ur floppies n dont use them again.
Get yourself a zip drive or usb memory stick.
I ve heard some china made 128 mb usb sticks are available for as low as 300 to 500 bucks.
Without warranty of course.

[sahil_blues]

but doesnt the usb memory sticks have to have a software preinstalled before they can be used...

[SmoothCriminal]

u get hose pen drives for as little as 1k dude..

[swatkat]

WinXP doesnt need drivers for most of the thumbdrives.they are all plug and play.

[indrajit]

Originally Posted by swatkat

WinXP doesnt need drivers for most of the thumbdrives.they are all plug and play.

Absolutely correct. I use by brother's pen drive often and never have I installed any software for it. Its just as swatkat said : "Plug n PLay"

[theraven]

what the hell is wrong with all of u ?
the topic was on FLOPPY errors
why have u started talkin abt thumbdrives all of a sudden ?
stick to the topic or dont make a post

sahil_blues ... try using another floppy
there are interoperability problems between OS's but not in the same OS ...
ofcourse the problems are usually between win 98 and winxp and likes like that ... but yet ....

[indrajit]

Originally Posted by theraven

what the hell is wrong with all of u ?
the topic was on FLOPPY errors
why have u started talkin abt thumbdrives all of a sudden ?
stick to the topic or dont make a post

sahil_blues ... try using another floppy
there are interoperability problems between OS's but not in the same OS ...
ofcourse the problems are usually between win 98 and winxp and likes like that ... but yet ....

Got a little off the track. Sorry, my mistake, will try to remember your suggestion in future!

[vysakh]

u cant trust all floppies
most of my friends have no problem with imation and they say it is the best
but imation sux in my computer. if i insert one in my computer and select its properties, the used and free space is 0
so different drives read floppies differently

[theraven]

Originally Posted by vysakh

so different drives read floppies differently

do u just post to p!ss ppl off ?
these arent cd-rws or written DVD's that they need drive compatibility ...
and the guy's problem is he cant read that floppy anywhere
do u even know what ur talkin ?

if there is a problem reading floppies across similar platforms the problem is most likely in ur drive ...

Originally Posted by sahil_blues

but doesnt the usb memory sticks have to have a software preinstalled before they can be used...

nope ... usb pen drives come with hot swap also ..
u plug it in .. and they show up in my computer .. ready for drag and drop

[amitsaudy]

Originally Posted by vysakh

u cant trust all floppies
most of my friends have no problem with imation and they say it is the best
but imation sux in my computer. if i insert one in my computer and select its properties, the used and free space is 0
so different drives read floppies differently

Thats not true.
The standard 1.44 mb fdd drive is the same.
Anyway how many brands of fdd are available apart from sony.

[aadipa]

Originally Posted by amitsaudy

Anyway how many brands of fdd are available apart from sony.

i have seen samsung and panasonic

[perk_bud]

i got the same problem but reformatting it in xp worked the prob i think is with qualityof floppy