I have a lot of 1.44mb floppy disks. I would like to format the disks on my actual PC-9821Ce.
format b: does always format it to 1.4mb again.
How can I change it to 1.2mb ?
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks :-)
Hi,
I can't check right now whether PC-98 DOS versions of the FORMAT command have that option, but the /F option is meant to set the volume size.
The following should do the trick: format /F:1200 B:
EDIT: I've just checked, to force floppies to be formatted as 1.2MB from DOS, use the following:
format B: /M
Try:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
format A: /f:1.23m
This Works for me on a 64bit Wi10 Machine with USB Floppy for FM Towns disks.
Thanks for the hints.
format B: /M
on Pc98 does work for me.
format A: /f:1.23m
On Win10 always fails with a format failed error. I've tried with /x and a few other combinations. I assume my usb floppy drive isn't compatible.
you have to start "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe" not the normal command.
Quote from: Jehuty on July 23, 2022, 10:53:25 PMyou have to start "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe" not the normal command.
That will of course only work if you have a 3mode floppy drive.
No i use this method with a USB Drive without any special drivers.
Not a driver issue. 3 mode drives are hardware.
Ok my English is not so good, but read my posting again and try to understand it. I know what mode3 is. And i say it again, i use a USB Floppy drive with this method to format the flopydisks. And i don`t use any special drivers for that.
Look at YSFlight (http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/FM/towns/writefdimage/e.html) for more technical details.
Quote from: Jehuty on September 12, 2022, 07:20:19 PMOk my English is not so good, but read my posting again and try to understand it. I know what mode3 is. And i say it again, i use a USB Floppy drive with this method to format the flopydisks. And i don`t use any special drivers for that.
Look at YSFlight (http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/FM/towns/writefdimage/e.html) for more technical details.
If you can read and format 1.2MB 2HD floppies on just a regular old hard drive purchased in a Western country then that is news to me. I have never been able to do so without a Japanese 3mode floppy drive.
EDIT:
I read your link above and apparently this claims to be a way to create 1.2MB floppies with just any old floppy drive. If is this true, then it is awesome news. I can't test it cause the only floppy drive I have is 3mode. I don't know why people aren't shouting this news from the rooftops though if it is true.