Date   : Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:04:30 +0100
From   : "David Harper" <dl.harper@...>
Subject: Re: CPFS and MOVE

Sprowwrote:


>> Ah!  I was using DISK to format 720K DOS discs, although I don't
>> appear to have had any problems.  The only reason for this
>> is that W****ws XP refuses to allow me to format a disc to 720K.  I
>> like the way it is really helpful and versatile: you get a choice of 
>> 1.44MB
>> or 1.44MB or 1.44MB....
>
> It does, it's just not in the drop down list anymore.
> Open a command window and type
>  format /t:80 /n:9 A:
> or read the FAQ at
>  http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/dosfs.htm

It might be worth noting that this doesn't always work first time. W-XP is 
not very happy with DD disks, and sometimes fails to recognise them, giving 
an "Invalid media" error (or something similar). If it appears not to work, 
try it again.

David Harper