Turn 720k floppies to 1.44mb + more
Hey all,
Been going through some old floppies and putting stuff onto cd's for better storage and came across some modified floppies of mine.
Figured, while dated, would be a retro tutorial to have on AO.
How to turn a SD (720kb) floppy into a HD (1.44mb) floppy.
Basically, you take a 720 floppy, place it on the edge of a table,
Take a drill with a 5/8" drill bit (maybe smaller),
Place the bit on the little square on the top left corner,
(corner where the little flap is not)
Drill through the disk,
Then format the floppy as a 1.44! :thumbsup:
Voila! You made a 720 double it's size! :eek:
Now that's retro!
Also, there's a utility called FDFormat for DOS which will format your floppies to an even bigger size. You can format a floppy to 1.68 or even 1.72! (using the /168 or /172 switch)
Sure, this could have been useful information 6 years ago...
Sure, it might be a little pointless now...
Sure, it..... I'm not sure where I was going with this....
Anyways, that's the tut.