Formatting floppy disks

["Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchan@bellsouth.net>]

Can you format unformatted disks on a Gateway Windows 98 computer?  I tried
to format some previously unformatted disks (I decided to clean up around my
computer and discovered them) and the disk drive would spin, but I couldn't
get the format command on the screen when I tried to select the A drive and
ended up pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE to stop the disk drive from spinning.  I
formatted the same disks in my Macintosh using the DOS format and now they
work fine in the Gateway.  Can anyone tell me what is going on and why I
can't format them in the Gateway?
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Madeline L. Buchanan, Library Media Specialist
W. J. Christian School, Birmingham, Alabama  35206
Phone (205) 838-7666
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