probably has something to do with Windows 7: The Microsoft guys have
removed native support for 720k formatting from all Windows 7 stuff
(If
you try to format a floppy with the built-in tools, it will only
offer
1440k, not 720k like XP/Vista did).
My windows 7 box can't do that either (be it from inside QPC or
outside), while it works perfectly on XP and Vista.
I help myself with a pack of pre-formatted disks I created on an XP
box.
Regards
Tobias
Seems the most obvious explanation under Windows 7!
Looks like Rich has been micro-shafted by M$.
Some time ago I reviewed a USB floppy drive for Quanta and it worked
brilliantly (albeit under XP) at first. Then mysteriously it started
being awkward with DD disks, sometimes it would format correctly,
sometimes it wouldn't. (whether using *D or *H)
I tried formatting the disks on the Aurora and QL, then reformatting
them on the USB drive to see what happened. Reliability improved, but
was not perfect, sometimes it would format the disk as a HD even
though the disk was DD, probably down to what Rich suggested with the
drive sensor (or lack of).
The same disks would usually format perfectly on the built in floppy
drive on this PC (also XP)!
If you manage to find a solution, can you post it here? Would be
useful information as more and more people use QL emulators on Windows
7 machines.
Dilwyn Jones
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