Re: Help with Formatting please

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <E463o7.DoI.0.bloor@torfree.net>,
John Tilley <ab252@torfree.net> wrote:
>Could someone answer a question for me.  I have an Apple II and can't 
>seem to format any disks.  I was wondering if you can only format single 
>density disks.  I was speaking with someone who said you could format 
>double density disks, but only on the IIe.  Could someone please help me 
>with this.  Thanks alot.  

   No, double density 5.25" and 3.5" disks are the highly recommended
formats for standard Apple II drives. High density 5.25" disks will
*not* work; people have been using high density 3.5" disks with varying
degrees of success.

   Can you please be more specific as to "can't seem to format any
disks"?  For example, what programs were used to attempot formatting,
any error messages reported, whether existing 5.25" disks work fine in
that drive, etc. The more information we have, the better job that
can be done in helping.

Nathan Mates

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