>> DOC Perhaps this will clear things up for you.
>>
>> 1. a 1.44 floppy can actually be formatted with a 1.44 drive to the
>capacity
>> of 1.72 megs.
>> This is done with what is a Extended format with DOS 6.22 and Win Dos
MODE
>> you can use a DMF format with IBMDos it is XMF .
>>
>> ALL 1.44 floppy drives can read this except if you are using dos 6.12 or
>> less
>>
>> If you want you can also download a program called win image this is a
>> shareware util. You will see what you can do with this.
>
>I really appreciate all of the guidance! I found Win Image here:
>http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/merrow/788/appz.html
>
>Problem, do I need recent manufacture disks to get this 1.72 non-standard
>format to "take"?
I would use fresh floppys. You can get 100 blank sony 1.44 disk at staples
for 23.95 which is the best deal.
Also Sony blank disk seems to be the most error free I have ever used got
some 8 years old still works
like new today. They use a better film on the disk which seems to live up to
it's promise.
>Every time I run Win Image to format my existing disks it finds multiple
>errors on the physical floppies. It has been quite a while since I bought
any new disks,
>could that be the problem?
Floppys usually go bad after around 5 - 6 years if it was good yes just
sitting it can go bad as they
loose the mangetic characteristics. This is not allways the case but if Win
Image gives you a error
I would have to say you can bet it is toast.
Also keep this in mind once you do a extended format to 1.68 or 1.72 meg
they can not go back.
How ever that usually is not a problem at least with me since I always try
to use as much space as
I can on a Floppy since now they are more expensive then CD's.
I even still like using 5 1/4 floppys reminds me of High School Days oh my
now I feel old.
Since that was 16 years ago! Time does fly.
Enjoy
Bill Preece
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