floppy formatting.

[nataraj]

Do u have any freeware software for formatting my floppy which is not working the tool should also increase its size.

[sumdumguy]

Disktest PRO 1.0 -- but I don't think it format's to 1.68 or 1.72meg
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2368.html

Alkonost MaxFormat -- this one will format to 1.68 and 1.72
http://********somesoft.com/Utilities...MaxFormat.html

GRDuw -- (for Me/98/95)- I've used this for a long time, the older version was better.
http://www.grsoftware.net/disk/software/grduw.html

that GRDuw.. did do it all.. fix and format.. if I can find the old version, I'll post a link or attach it.

[scriptkiddie18]

wtf i never even knew the size could be increased, wtf cool for the question and info i guess

[sumdumguy]

scriptkiddie... it's not really recommended to reformat disks to larger sizes.
What they are really doing is decreasing tolerances/width of tracks in the process.

If you had high quality disks and a good FD mastering setup, then it works.. but for the most part, when we do it on normal drives.. it will not last long before degrading to unreadable data after a few months. In the old distant past, people have drilled holes in 720k disks and reformatted to 1.44meg... but as far as I can see, it's only good for the short shot.

[nihil]

Hi Nataraj, welcome to AO

You said:

formatting my floppy which is not working the tool should also increase its size.

What "is not working"? I take it you are talking about a 1.44Mb floppy disk?

Have you got a corrupted floppy and want to recover onto the same disk?.I would certainly not recommend that! Recover onto your hard drive and copy onto a new floppy.

Are you sure that you are not talking about a hard drive?

Or is it an LS120, or Iomega Zip drive?

I would like a bit more information on what is "not working" and what you are trying to do, as I am not sure that we have answered your question?

Cheers

EDIT: It would help us to help you if you told us what operating system (OS) you are running, and the basic specifications of your system

[foxdie]

hey sumdumguy thanx!!!!!
I too had the floopy problem. Thanx for the site.

With Regards,
FoxDie.