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Formatting a Floppy Disk

When we purchase new floppy disks, we must generally format them before we use them Floppy disks we buy are usually formatted Formatted is a method of arranging the storage area in the form of tracks and sectors in order to hold the data under some address

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Formatting a disk also creates the directory and the file allocation table on that disk You may want to later format a floppy disk or hard disk to erase the information it contains and prepare the disk for storing new information

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To format a floppy disk using explore option, follow these steps Insert the floppy disk we want to format into our

floppy drive Open windows Explorer For this, click the Start button, point to Programs,

and click Windows Explorer

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Right click the floppy disk and select Format on

the displayed popup menu

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Formatting a Floppy Disk Click the dropdown arrow under capacity, and click the storage capacity of the floppy disk

Click the type of format we want to perform

Quick (erase)

Remove all files but does not scan the disk for damaged areas

So choose this option if the disk to be formatted contains no bad sectors

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Full

Removes all files and scans the disk for damaged area

Copy system files only

Select this option to produce a bootable disk which we can use to boot the system using the specify drive

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Select the desired choices under other options section

Label

This option allows us to place a name on a disk so it can be more easily identified

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No Label

Removes the label if there is any

Display summary when finished

It displays the details about the available space & bad sectors

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Copy system files

It copies system files to the disk after formatting

Click the start button to begin the formatting. After some time we will see a progress bar at the bottom of the window

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Tip

Click on close to close the format dialog box with out saving the specifications we have made

The format results dialog box appears when the format is complete

The dialog box display information about the formatted disk, such as the total disk space

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When we finish reviewing the information, click on Close button to close the dialog box

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An alternate method to format a floppy disk

Insert the floppy we want to format into our floppy drive

Double-click My Computer icon on our desktop

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An alternate method to format a floppy disk

Click the drive that contains the floppy disk

On the file menu ,click format to open the format dialog box

Click the start button on dialog box

After format is complete , click close

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Summary

In this lecture you have learned about

Formatting a floppy disk

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is formatting ? Why formatting will be done

before entering data into the disk

How a floppy disk is formatted in windows 95?

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1. is the method of arranging the

storage area in the form of tracks and sectors in

order to hold the data under some address

Answer is: Formatting

Quiz