Re: Floppy disk formats

Date	2011-09-28 15:43 +0100
From	Jammer <meva90@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.atari.st
Subject	Re: Floppy disk formats
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Can't you just format a floppy in the gateway,
format a: /s
from memory that creates a bootable floppy.



Ken Springer wrote:
> Maybe someone from Atariland knows or knows where the information is, 
> since we could read IBM/PC floppies...
> 
> When the 3.5 floppy first appeared, in the PC world, if you had the 
> right drive and the computer's BIOS supported it, you could format a 
> floppy to 3 densities, 720k, 1.2mb, and 1.44mb.
> 
> You also had disks formatted by Windows95 and after, plus some disks 
> that were IBM formatted.
> 
> I'm trying to find out the difference between the Windows format and the 
> IBM format.
> 
> Why?  I need to upgrade the BIOS on an old Gateway computer, and the 
> instructions specify the floppy used *must* be an IBM formatted floppy. 
>  If you use a Windows formatted floppy, the update will fail.
> 
> Anyone know/remember the difference?
> 
> So far, asking the right questions in the right places in the PC world, 
> and Googling and Ask.com, have not come up with the answer.  :-(
> 
>

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Floppy disk formats Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2011-09-23 13:31 -0600
  Re: Floppy disk formats "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2011-09-23 23:34 +0100
    Re: Floppy disk formats Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2011-09-23 17:29 -0600
      Re: Floppy disk formats Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.org (GMAN) - 2011-09-25 20:01 +0000
  Re: Floppy disk formats Jammer <meva90@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-28 15:43 +0100
    Re: Floppy disk formats Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2011-09-28 09:21 -0600
      Re: Floppy disk formats Ari Feldman <ari1970ster@gmail.com> - 2011-09-28 22:08 -0400
        Re: Floppy disk formats Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2011-09-28 21:16 -0600
          Re: Floppy disk formats charlie <charles.copp@sympatico.ca> - 2011-09-29 16:32 -0700
          Re: Floppy disk formats Ari Feldman <ari1970ster@gmail.com> - 2011-09-29 23:04 -0400
            Re: Floppy disk formats xlator@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-10-02 10:05 -0500
              Re: Floppy disk formats Ari Feldman <ari1970ster@gmail.com> - 2011-10-03 21:54 -0400

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