colaluca@cs.utexas.edu (Mark Colaluca) (03/23/91)
I have been having a difficult time formatting floppies using File Manager. It seems that when I try to format a floppy, it goes through the 1%... 100% complete routine, gives the "creating root directory" message, and then asks me if I want to format another. I then click on the newly formatted disk's drive, and get a "Cannot read error" or something like that. I have a few other people who get periodic errors formatting floppies under 3.0 as well. Anyone with suggestions? This one has really stumped us. Thanks,
aew@eosvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Alan Walford) (03/23/91)
colaluca@cs.utexas.edu (Mark Colaluca) writes: > > I have been having a difficult time formatting floppies using File Manager. [etc...] I have also had a lot of trouble with File Manager formated floppies. I have a Toshiba 5200/100 with 3.5" floppy. I have gone back to using DOS only format command for formatting. Seems much more reliable. Alan W.