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From: schmitz@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Thomas Schmitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Formatting 720Kb 3.5" disks on XT clone
Message-ID: <3814@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 88 20:54:23 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Computer Science
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Why doesn't the DOS FORMAT command work correctly when formatting
3.5-inch diskettes on an XT clone?  The format steps through 40 tracks
correctly, then fails.

The system in question is MS DOS 3.2 (or PC DOS 3.3) on an XT clone
with a Toshiba 3.5" 720K drive.  So far, only 360-K formats are
successful.

-- Tom Schmitz

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