need 720k 3 1/2" disks

From: Eric Chomko <vze2wsvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Jun 10 08:54:00 2003

jamesd wrote:
>
> On Monday 09 June 2003 11:07 pm, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, jamesd wrote:
> > > hi
> > > To answer your question a true DSDD 3 1/2" drive can't read a DSHD,
> > > because the media is differenent... so it can't read a disk formated in a
> > > DSHD
> >
> my question was could a DSHD disk formated using 720k parameters on a DSDD
> drive be readable on a DSDD drive was the question... i know a DSDD disk is
> readaple and formatable on a DSHD drive it just that a DSHD drive can't be
> fooled to write a usuable DSDD disk by covering the whole or any other
> message... because the media on the DSHD disk is different..

I covered the hole of a preformatted 1.44mb DSHD diskette and put it
into
my Windows 2000 PC and tried to read it. It stated that the diskette was
not formatted, do I want to format it? Yes, I stated as a 720kb DSDD
diskette. It reformatted the diskette and showed the space at 720kb less
some overhead.
So on my system I could convert a 1.44mb floppy into a 720kb floppy
simply by covering the hole.

Do you need a boot disk (software) or do you need simply a formatted
720kb diskette?

Eric
Received on Tue Jun 10 2003 - 08:54:00 BST