> I've long been a fan of utilities like FDFORMAT which will format a floppy
to
> the maximum that the drive will handle, not just the limit defined by DOS.
> For example, I regularly format a 1.44M disk to 1701K. FDFORMAT can even
be
> configured to format DMF.
>
> I've discovered that none of the utilities I know of will run under
Windows
> 95, and that's frustrating. I've found ONE utility that works under Win95
for
> extended formats, but it's a shareware utility. Since I want to use it at
> work, it has to be freeware.
I've used WinImage for years under Win9x. It will do all of the standard
diskette formats (incl. 2.88M), as well as non-standard such as 1.68M,
1.72M, and DMF. It also will allow you to create diskette "images" which can
be sent via e-mail and such, then easily re-created on the receiving end.
I'm a bit perplexed as to why such capabilities are preceived to be
DOS-exclusive. Perhaps sneaker-net is more of a necessity in such cases, but
the hardware is the same. As noted in other posts, once created, such disks
can USUALLY be read on other systems.
- Bob
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