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Number   :  4769
Date     :  2003-06-06
Author   :  rotaiv
Subject  :  Re: Formatting a Win98 floppy with Win2000
Size(KB) :  1


At 6/6/2003 01:34 PM, johnpetrula wrote:

>Formatting a Win98 floppy with Win2000
>
>I need to format a floppy on a Win2000 system but want it to create a
>Windows 98 floppy i.e. boot block. I normally just use a Windows 98
>system to format floppies but it would be nice to be able to do it on
>a Win2000 system. It is not clear to me how you use xxcopy to do just
>this. Thanks for any feedback.

xxcopy just copies files - it does not alter boot blocks or format floppy 
disks. To format a disk, you need to use "format" from the DOS prompt or 
"Explorer". To create a Windows 98 diskette from Windows 2000, you will to 
do one of the following:

1. Take an existing Windows 98 formatted diskette and copy it to another 
diskette then modify as needed.

2. The easiest way is to find a Windos 98 diskette image then use one of 
the many tools available to write that image to a new diskette (rawrite is 
a DOS based app and WinImage is a GUI app). This method allows you to 
create a boot disk for operating systems other than the one you are 
currently using. A good place to start is http://www.bootdisk.com

Regards,

rotaiv



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