Ok. But you should format it from the My Computer Icon. The Format command has a lot of options and when run from the command prompt, I am not sure which are the defaults... But anyway, if the problem persists, let me explain what is wrong (probably). Minor differences in head alignment from one floppy to another is normal and causes little problem, however if a formatting drive is at one end of the tolerance and a writing/reading drive is at the other, the two cannot talk to each other. You can try the reverse and format it on the other machine and see if you can copy on the other. If the result is the same, then my explanation is likely correct. I used to have some software that let me align the heads of a floppy, but the time it takes to do it is several times the cost of a $20 drive.
----- Original Message ----- From: "mjs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:54 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Win2k ERD > I did, from a C:> FORMAT A: [RETURN] > > And it did not work. In fact, it not even light up the green floppy > light! > But on the same machine, I can copy a file to that very same disk!! > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MikeB > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:09 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Win2k ERD > > has to be formatted on the W2k or WinNT or WinXp. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mjs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:45 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Win2k ERD > > > > I have a stand alone station running Win2k. I want to create an > > Emergency Repair Disk. When I try, it says, "Operation Failed" and > > "Diskette is unusable". The floppy disk and drive are just fine. The > > same error message occurs on other Win2k boxes, but not all Win2k > boxes. > > Any ideas? > > > > Mike > > > > > >
