At 06:52 PM 1/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:48:30 -0600, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Your machine *thinks* it can format to that specification. A common
>warning is NOT to format lower density disks in a higher density drive.
>Although sector size, sec/track, tracks and heads will be correct, the
>HD will make format marks that are narrower than the DD drive can
>reliably handle.
>
>Format the disks on the laptop, THEN your machine will automatically
>write the info in that format. The laptop will read the info put on by
>your machine just fine. Dunno why it can read the info but not format-
>it's just that way.
Nice idea, but AFAIK, command.com can't do a format, and that's all that
DIR shows on his drive. Highly unlikely that format.com would be there but
hidden. We'll just have to try it out.
if that doesn't work, we can attach his floppy onto my machine and format
with it, I suppose.
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