jason.b.c Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Is there a way to format a floppy disk higher than 1.44 mb's ..??How can i change the format to something other than fat..??? Go ahead and check out your own stuff, you'll see what i mean..! ( my computer / 3.5 in floppy drive / format )Can you format a floppy as Fat 32 ? / NTFS ?Any freeware stuff out there that can do this kind of stuff..?? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 The simple answer is: no, sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 The simple answer is: no, sorry...Well that sucks.. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 I will have a word with Dr. Nakamatsu (the inventor of floppy disks) when I see him next time on the street...But honestly, floppy disks were invented before FAT32 or NTFS were around, and there is really no more development going on for floppy disks and FD drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Actually - you can use this to make your floppies have greater storage space.:) (if you really want to !!)FMT - 121.83KBThe floppy format program for dos, windows 95-XP. Support 360, 720 KB, 1.2 ,1.44, 1.68 and 1.72 MB. With seven special bootsectors. Freeware.http://www.paehl.de/FMT.ZIPGood luck ! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Good link Boris, the only DMF formatting software I could remember was Alkonost MaxFormat and that's shareware, OK so $16 isn't much, but why pay to squeeze a few more K out of a floppy, when you can get a USB stick for much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 If you ever need to duplicate any DMF floppies (for back-up purposes) - use this :-DISK COPY FAST v5.3 : Powerful 1-pass diskette duplication utility. VERY fast. Support DMF, XDF, selected FDFORMAT, 800kb, MAC HD and standard formats. Support PS/2. Command line or menu driven; Hot keys for backup or multiple target; Mouse support; Format diskcopy diskcomp all in 1 pass; Use extended memory; Image file; On-line help Last updated 6.7.96 !ftp://sac-ftp.gratex.sk/utildisk/dcf53.ziporftp://ftp.mpoli.fi/pub/software/DOS/UTILS/DISKFILE/DCF53.ZIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Interesting! I shall try that out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Cool, I found one..!It formats floppy disks to as high as 1.72 mb's :P Links to Smart Format:> http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=clifno...ews&uid=1640937http://homepage.ntlworld.com/director/cod/christondisk.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleric Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 This is great, I never though there can be a program that can format a FDD from 1.44MB to 1.72MB.Now that I see with my eyes, I belive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 I haven't been able to format any floppy with any of the programs mentioned earlier. All produced an error on track 80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted May 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 This is great, I never though there can be a program that can format a FDD from 1.44MB to 1.72MB.Now that I see with my eyes, I belive!Cool huh.?? Although i haven't been able to write a whole lot of things to a disk that i've formatted like this.! "hhmm" I wonder why.??I haven't been able to format any floppy with any of the programs mentioned earlier. All produced an error on track 80. Whats the error say ?? If your getting an error about track 80 then my guess would be that the disk is just bad..!! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WF Support Account Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 1.68 will work on xp. floppy use 12-bit filesystems with a set number of sectors/tracks so your not gona get some extraordinary amount of space out of them. Get a higher density disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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