| Format144 | |||
| By Denis Petrov | |||
| Release date: | 27 Oct 2004 | ||
| Platform: | Win98, WinME, Win2000, WinXP, Win2003 | ||
| Language: | English | ||
| License: | Freeware | ||
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Unconditionally formats a standard 1.44MB floppy disk in drive A:. Windows XP has a problem formatting demagnetized or corrupt diskettes: its format function only checks for diskette to be readable, and does not perform actual formatting if it is not. Format144 is a simple command-line tool that formats disktettes to the most common standard. Source code is realeased under the GNU GPL for study and improvement.
Tags: format diskette, common source, disk drive, floppy disk, code source, formatting floppy disk, floppy disk problem, format floppy disk, floppy disk drive