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Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- Subject: Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 20:57:58 -0800
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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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.
I've had that happen with some batches of used PC 3.5" floppies. Seems I have
to do them twice to get them to format correctly. Don't know why
Wayne