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Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- Subject: Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- From: Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:50:24 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:02:30 GMT, Mad Martian wrote:
> 1. What do I have to do to an IBM formatted disk to reformat it on an Apple
> 2? It gives me an "initialization error" if I try to format a disk that has
> been previously formatted on an IBM. Blank unformatted disks work fine.
What size?
5.25" HD (1.2 megabyte size) will have a problem. DD (360 kilobyte) should not.
3.5" again HD (1.44 megabyte) will have a problem. 720k (not marked HD) should
be OK.
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