Formatting floppy's

[Kvist]

I've been fiddling around with Crossdos, and was wondering if there is a program for Windows Xp that allows me to format 720k floppy's?

Cheers,
Sigurd

[amigagr]

you can do it from a dos prompt but i don't remember the parametres. if the disks are 1.44mb you can put a sticker to cover the hole at the left.

[X-ray]

@ Kvist

Open a command prompt and type:

format a: /t:80 /n:9

Disk must either be a real DD 720k, or a HD 1,44mb that has the hole taped over.

[Kvist]

There isn't a way of doing this with not so much hassle?
I have a lot of disk's so it would mean alot of taping.
Thanks' for answering by the way  :-)

[amigagr]

Kvist wrote:
There isn't a way of doing this with not so much hassle?
I have a lot of disk's so it would mean alot of taping.

use a win95/98/Me pc then...

[Kvist]

amije wrote:

Kvist wrote:
There isn't a way of doing this with not so much hassle?
I have a lot of disk's so it would mean alot of taping.

use a win95/98/Me pc then...

Yes, i think i do that then  :-)

[X-ray]

No, you only need to type it once. After it formats the first disk it asks if you want to format another. You just press Y and put the new disk in and press Enter.

Two keys, my son, that's all you need to press!

[amigagr]

and for frequently usage, just type the commant to a txt file, save it and rename it to .bat, after this you can run it every time you need to do it. :-)

[Matt_H]

You can format them on the Amiga too, by specifying PC0: as the DOS device.

[Kvist]

Matt_H wrote:
You can format them on the Amiga too, by specifying PC0: as the DOS device.

How do i do that?  :-)