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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Wayne on June 06, 2006, 12:11:13 AM

Title: wich tool can format DD floppy disks on Amiga or winuae?
Post by: Wayne on June 06, 2006, 12:11:13 AM

Hi,Im looking for a tool that can format double density floppy disks on amiga or winuae...anyonw knows which one is the best?

thanks

Title: Re: wich tool can format DD floppy disks on Amiga or winuae?
Post by: SamuraiCrow on June 06, 2006, 12:30:02 AM

WinUAE will only format .ADF images ATM.  On a real Amiga you can use the "format disk" option from Workbench or the format command from the CLI.  Just make sure you have the disk-formatter utility in the correct location (I think it is supposed to be in L: but I could be wrong).

Title: Re: wich tool can format DD floppy disks on Amiga or winuae?
Post by: Piru on June 06, 2006, 12:48:58 AM

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Just make sure you have the disk-formatter utility in the correct location (I think it is supposed to be in L: but I could be wrong).

What is disk-formatter utility?

If you mean Format command, it's in System directory.

Title: Re: wich tool can format DD floppy disks on Amiga or winuae?
Post by: orange on June 06, 2006, 10:45:41 AM

what format do you want?
If its Amiga, I'd suggest this to be sure that diskettes are not faulty:
1) ERASE with x-copy
2) format with D-copy using SAFE check and 1 trys. (if it gives just a single track error and there are is no visible da mage you might want a second pass)

if you want bootable disk, x-copy newer version gives you various options, and d-copy IIRC installs standard DOS bootblock. but the safest would be to use 'install' command in CLI.

all this is for OFS.