Re: floopy disk

From: Don Burnette (d.burnette_at_clothes.comcast.net)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:42:12 -0500

Never made a boot floppy huh?

They can be good things. Only way I will flash a bios is with a boot floppy.

Formatting a floppy hurts nothing, unless you have date on it ya don't want
to lose.. 

-- 
Don Burnette
Hopscotch Whiskey wrote:
> Formatting is just fokelore crap you read on newsgroups. Take it from
> me all you do is go out to the store buy some floppies and use them
> you don't format anything get it? You must have ringing sounds in
> your ears from hearing that word format from other people. I can
> honestly say i have never in my life ever formatted a floppy and will
> never, ever format a floppy. The other people could and can say the
> same thing but they'd rather give you the run-around with things
> they've read and actually believe in their minds all those lies from
> reading the same things too many times. "jayjay235"
> <jayjay235@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:337CB708-4AAB-4B95-9A56-D9B6B11A34EE@microsoft.com...
>> thanks but the disk i bought are already formatted so shall i still
>> do that
>>
>> "Mike Hall" wrote:
>>
>>> Format the floppy disk before saving anything to it..
>>>
>>>
>>> "jayjay235" <jayjay235@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E48F2F7E-F32F-4CB7-846F-123BCAF2B3B7@microsoft.com...
>>>> Newbie to pc have problem with my pc hard drive got no room left, i
>>>> have
>>>> been
>>>> to restore to factory settings, but i want to save some work
>>>> first, got floppy disk double click on work sent to floppy. then
>>>> when i want to make
>>>> sure the work has saved. went in my computer double click on floppy
>>>> drive
>>>> egg timer shows for ages then its asking me do i want to format
>>>> click on
>>>> no
>>>> then nothing happens   please help

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