Microsoft KB Archive/69973

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Unable to Format Floppy Without a Local Hard Drive on Networks

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Q69973

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SYMPTOMS
If you are on a network and do not have a hard drive, you cannot format a floppy disk from Microsoft Windows File Manager.

File Manager returns the error message:

Format Diskette Error

Unable to format diskette

CAUSE
File Manager requires that a hard drive formatted with 512 bytes per sector be present to be able to format a floppy disk.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem issue the FORMAT command from the MS-DOS command prompt.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a 3.10 3.11 win30 diskless workstation

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311