Re: This is SO annoying, please help! :-)

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:10:13 +0100

Ste Lord wrote:
> Every time I try and access ANY form of floppy disk on my computer,
> it tells me that the disk needs to be formatted, so I then try and
> format it and it comes up with a random error message such as:
> "Windows cannot complete the format"
> or
> "Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other
> programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is
> displaying the contents of the drive. Then try formatting again"
>
> This error has been occuring ever since I purchased the computer
> (just over a year ago), and so there can't be a compatibility issue
> can there?

If its been doing it since you purchased the computer i'd suggest the drive
is either plugged in wrongly or is faulty. What did your computer vendor say
when you phoned their helpline? 

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