Re: floopy disk

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From: Mike Hall (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:03:27 -0400

Because of the individual nuances of diskette drives, it pays to format on
the drive where it will be used.. it does not take long to do..

"Hopscotch Whiskey" <TheBoozeCruise@justpassingby> wrote in message
news:10mqtpg5ntojt87@news.supernews.com...
> 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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