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Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- Subject: Re: Apple 2 disc formatting questions
- From: left_the_scene <postmaster@nyc-strip-clubs.com>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 11:19:44 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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What type of disk is it? IE: 3.5 DD, 3.5 HD, 5.25 DD, or 5.25 HD?
5.25 HD disks will not format in an apple 5.25 drive, end of story.
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.