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From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5" -> 1.44Meg
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Date: 18 Dec 89 23:41:46 GMT
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Steve Kaminski writes:

>I read some time ago that someone thought that PCTools program "PCFormat"
>would format DD 3.5" disks to 1.44Meg.  I tried it, and get a "Bad Address
>Mark."  I am using the current version (5.5) of PCTools, and I was just
>wondering if anyone has had success with this.

First you have to fool the drive into thinking it has an HD diskette...
Look at an HD and a DD side-by-side, and you'll notice a small hole in
the back of the HD, near one (outside) corner. Duplicate that hole in
the DD and you'll have better success. Of course, you already know the
risks, etc, etc, etc........

Dave    dbell@cup.portal.com