Hello sgaber,

08 July, 2000, 04:55:49, you wrote:

s> That was my thought, too.  I tried to load a floppy
s> yesterday, but it just kept giiving me 'non-system disk or
s> drive error" messages.  Then I looked at the label.  It said
s> "2DD, Double Density."  Which is the old style 720 kB disks.
s> All my new ones say "High Density."

s> I even have a lot of 360 k 5 1/4" floppies from my old
s> Zenith.  They're a hell of a lot slower than the new types,
s> and 1/4 the capacity.  At the time, they were "state of the
s> art."

s> Unfortunately, the art is advancing faster than the state.

s> I believe there is a way to get the newer 1.44 MB drives to
s> recognize the 720 KB format, but I don't know what it is.

s> Easiest way, of course, is to try one of each type.  Unless
s> you already thought of that.

My drive recognizes both 1.44M (HD) and 720K (DD) 3.5"s, and also
(with some help) the 1.6M format. Those drives are robust! Mine is 4
years old already, and is the only part I salvaged from the old pc...

The disk may simply be lacking operating system files... Was it
formatted with /s ? If not, then did you do a "sys a:" on it?

Some drives [usually the cheaper ones, but not only] refuse to
recognize older formats. Switch it to one that respects the state and
supports the art. Sets you back just about $20, I think.

Yours,

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