In news:eUR9Wm5zFHA.2924@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Ghostrider <-00-@fitron.142> typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>>
>> When you say HD, are these 720KB diskettes? I believe that the
>> 1.44MB ones are called DD. Windows XP can't normally format
>> 720KB
>> diskettes, but you can do so by issuing the format command
>> from a
>> command prompt, as follows:
>>
>
> Been away from floppies too long, Ken. The 1.44 MB diskettes
> are HD (high density); the 720 KB diskettes ard DD (double
> density).



You're absolutely right. I just went to Scott Mueller's
"Upgrading and Repairing PCs" and looked it up (which is what I
should have done in the first place instead of relying on my
faulty memory).

My apologies.

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