Papacita 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Aight, aight! Lookie here... Whenever I try and save something on a disk, I get this message that says that the disk has to be formatted. This happens with every disk I try. Is this something that I can fix myself, or do I have to take it to the shop or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Format the diskette. Put the diskette in and then right click your A drive and select Format. The disk needs to be formated for it to be used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papacita 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Format the diskette. Put the diskette in and then right click your A drive and select Format. The disk needs to be formated for it to be used. I've done this a few times and it keeps saying that the disk can't be formatted. And it happens with literally every disk I try, and they'll all work just fine on my laptop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Then it could be the drive or just Windows itself. You can pick one up for like $10-15 bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papacita 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Will do... Thank ya kindly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mole 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Aren't new computers that are coming out lack the A drive? Why exactly is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2004 Because most software comes on CDROM now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2004 Aren't new computers that are coming out lack the A drive? Why exactly is that? How useful is a medium that holds 1.44 megabytes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mole 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2004 Aren't new computers that are coming out lack the A drive? Why exactly is that? How useful is a medium that holds 1.44 megabytes? For my papers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2004 Floppy disks are garbage anyway, and not even worth the time or the struggle. Pay $30 and get a USB flash drive for your keyring. It's fast, cheap, and has a ton of storage (the cheaper ones have 128 MB). The one I have (from Dell) even works across platforms, from PC to Mac, so it's infinitely more useful than putting up with the numerous CRC errors and TOC corruptions that come with floppy disks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
