I read this post with interest because I was (and still am) stymied by the
same message ("...insufficient message...") when I tried to format from a
floppy.
All the  responses to the post focus on the hard drive. But shouldn't we
suspect the ram? In my case, the full message (after the warning I'll lose
all information on the drive) reads:
                          "Checking existing disk format
                          Recording current bad clusters
                           82 percent completed
                          Insufficient memory"
With 128mb ram, I shouldn't have problems counting bad clusters.
I'm running AMD 350, 8.4gb Fujitsu HD, and WIN98. What do you guys think?
Julius Loftsson

Mike Bridges wrote:

> I am trying to format a 4.3G WD hard drive in a AMD 266 with 64 MB
> of ram.It is running a version of WIN95a.I am formatting from a floppy
> and everything goes fine until it tells me I will lose all information
> on the drive.I type "y" and hit enter and then I am getting a
> insuffecient
> memory message and it stops at 12%.
>  I have done alot of formats in the past and have run into this problem
> once before but it has been along time and I forgot how to solve this
> problem.
>  Any advice is much appreciated.
> Mike Bridges
> http://www.mikescustomww.com
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