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General Topics
Tuning PC Performance
Using Windows
System Performance
Sluggish PC
Floppy Format
Setting XP Services
Troubleshooting
Applications
Organization
Included Programs In
Most Models
Avast
Anti Virus
Konfabulator
Webshots Desktop
Window
Blinds Themes
Picture It 99 Photo Editor
NTI CD/DVD Burning
DVD Shrink
DVD X-Copy
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Better Floppy Formats
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 Windows
98
Windows
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- Although you can right-click on a floppy drive
in Explorer or My Computer and select
Format to format a floppy, there's a better
way.
- Type Format a: /u at the MS-DOS prompt
(substitute A: for whatever drive letter you
wish). Using DOS instead of Windows to format
floppies will yield better multitasking, meaning
you'll be able to do other things while formatting
floppies (strange how it multitasks DOS better than
Windows). Furthermore, using the /u paramter
specifies an unconditional format, meaning
that it won't save unformat information, yielding a
faster format and more free diskette space.
- To simply erase a floppy, type Format a: /u/q
- this is much quicker than a full format, but will
not ensure an error-free disk. Remember, if Format
reports any bad sectors, throw away that floppy
immediately.
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