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Formatting a floppy disk
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
When we purchase new floppy disks, we must generally format them before we use them Floppy disks we buy are usually formatted Formatted is a method of arranging the storage area in the form of tracks and sectors in order to hold the data under some address
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
Formatting a disk also creates the directory and the file allocation table on that disk You may want to later format a floppy disk or hard disk to erase the information it contains and prepare the disk for storing new information
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
To format a floppy disk using explore option, follow these steps Insert the floppy disk we want to format into our
floppy drive Open windows Explorer For this, click the Start button, point to Programs,
and click Windows Explorer
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
Right click the floppy disk and select Format on
the displayed popup menu
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Formatting a Floppy Disk Click the dropdown arrow under capacity, and click the storage capacity of the floppy disk
Click the type of format we want to perform
Quick (erase)
Remove all files but does not scan the disk for damaged areas
So choose this option if the disk to be formatted contains no bad sectors
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Full
Removes all files and scans the disk for damaged area
Copy system files only
Select this option to produce a bootable disk which we can use to boot the system using the specify drive
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Select the desired choices under other options section
Label
This option allows us to place a name on a disk so it can be more easily identified
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No Label
Removes the label if there is any
Display summary when finished
It displays the details about the available space & bad sectors
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Copy system files
It copies system files to the disk after formatting
Click the start button to begin the formatting. After some time we will see a progress bar at the bottom of the window
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Tip
Click on close to close the format dialog box with out saving the specifications we have made
The format results dialog box appears when the format is complete
The dialog box display information about the formatted disk, such as the total disk space
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When we finish reviewing the information, click on Close button to close the dialog box
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An alternate method to format a floppy disk
Insert the floppy we want to format into our floppy drive
Double-click My Computer icon on our desktop
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Formatting a Floppy Disk
An alternate method to format a floppy disk
Click the drive that contains the floppy disk
On the file menu ,click format to open the format dialog box
Click the start button on dialog box
After format is complete , click close
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Summary
In this lecture you have learned about
Formatting a floppy disk
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is formatting ? Why formatting will be done
before entering data into the disk
How a floppy disk is formatted in windows 95?
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1. is the method of arranging the
storage area in the form of tracks and sectors in
order to hold the data under some address
Answer is: Formatting
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