![]() It was unable to format a DD disk from Windows File Explorer, gave a rather cryptic message already mentioned here about asking it to do something which isn't allowed. Same results - QPC2 could read and write DD disks, but to format a QDOS DD disk needed "FORMAT 'flp1_name*D' " to specifically identify it as a DD 720KB drive. As I don't remember using this USB drive with this laptop, I wonder if it took a few minutes to install drivers or whatever? Anyhow, I tried the same things with Windows 10 as I had on the Win 7 PC. I was sat there for several minutes wondering what to try next when it suddenly sprang to life without me doing anything. Windows 10 Home 64-bit on a HP laptop - At first this was complete failure with DD disk, from QPC2 or from Windows. Normally, an attempt to format a DD disk from QPC2 fails (you get the asynchronous disk problem complaint noise), but works if "*D" is added to the medium name in a format command in QPC2. ![]() QPC2 is able to read and write pre-formatted DD disks. On this PC you can't normally format a DD disk from Windows, but with RWAP's command line format command, it is possible. I currently use a Windows 7 desktop PC with Windows 7 home premium 64-bit. (there should only be one colon after drive name a, not two). Incidentally, minor typo in that, it should be: Couldn't even format disks using RWAP's command line format. ![]() On an older Windows 7 laptop (which I no longer have, it was uneconomical to repair after it broke down) nothing would persuade it to handle DD (720KB) floppy disks. Neither computer has a native inbuilt floppy drive, I have to use a USB HD floppy drive. Just spent a bit of time on this, as RWAP knows my history with DD disks on Windows 7. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |