1.44 floppy drive format

[Guest topgun]

hi i have windows 2000 pro 5.00.2195 service pack 4 and i can not format

1.44 floppy

windows say i dos not know the media

i have look all over and can not find how to get it to work

the kids need it for there homework

i have bran new floppy the are pre formated

 

thanks for any help

james

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: 1.44 floppy drive format

 

Sounds like the disk drive is probably bad.

 

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"topgun" wrote:

> hi i have windows 2000 pro 5.00.2195 service pack 4 and i can not format

> 1.44 floppy

> windows say i dos not know the media

> i have look all over and can not find how to get it to work

> the kids need it for there homework

> i have bran new floppy the are pre formated

>

> thanks for any help

> james

[Guest Phisherman]

Re: 1.44 floppy drive format

 

Check inside Device Manager | Floppy Disk Controller | General |

Troubleshooter.

 

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:04:01 -0700, topgun

<topgun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>hi i have windows 2000 pro 5.00.2195 service pack 4 and i can not format

>1.44 floppy

>windows say i dos not know the media

>i have look all over and can not find how to get it to work

>the kids need it for there homework

>i have bran new floppy the are pre formated

>

>thanks for any help

>james

[Guest topgun]

Re: 1.44 floppy drive format

 

 

hi and thank you

i have try this

it seems windows 2000 pro do's not have format32 install

my hd is formated in ntsd format

so windows did not load format32.exe

i can format the floppy at 720kb

but not at 1.44 as it shuld

any help with

windows want $99. us by e-mail

or $386 by phone

i have paid enufe for windows 2000

thank you james

"Phisherman" wrote:

> Check inside Device Manager | Floppy Disk Controller | General |

> Troubleshooter.

>

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:04:01 -0700, topgun

> <topgun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >hi i have windows 2000 pro 5.00.2195 service pack 4 and i can not format

> >1.44 floppy

> >windows say i dos not know the media

> >i have look all over and can not find how to get it to work

> >the kids need it for there homework

> >i have bran new floppy the are pre formated

> >

> >thanks for any help

> >james

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: 1.44 floppy drive format

 

fat12 is the only option you have for 1.44 mB floppy disk. These may also

help.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/67321

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/51ec7423-9a01-4219-868a-25d69cdcc8321033.mspx?mfr=true

 

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"topgun" wrote:

>

> hi and thank you

> i have try this

> it seems windows 2000 pro do's not have format32 install

> my hd is formated in ntsd format

> so windows did not load format32.exe

> i can format the floppy at 720kb

> but not at 1.44 as it shuld

> any help with

> windows want $99. us by e-mail

> or $386 by phone

> i have paid enufe for windows 2000

> thank you james

[Guest Frank346]

Re: 1.44 floppy drive format

 

Windows should automatically detect the floppy size and format the disk as

FAT 12. From your description it seems that a 1.44 MB disk is detected as

720 KB. That would most likely be a fault in the floppy drive and not

Windows. 1.44 MB disks have two square holes at the top of the disk and 720

KB disks have one hole. If the drive does not see the second hole in the

1.44 MB disk it will detect it as 720 KB. Can you try another disk drive?

 

"topgun" <topgun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> hi and thank you

> i have try this

> it seems windows 2000 pro do's not have format32 install

> my hd is formated in ntsd format

> so windows did not load format32.exe

> i can format the floppy at 720kb

> but not at 1.44 as it shuld

> any help with

> windows want $99. us by e-mail

> or $386 by phone

> i have paid enufe for windows 2000

> thank you james