Hi
Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
format)
Thank you
Jeff

jeff hughes wrote:
> Hi
> Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
> acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
> format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
> floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
> format)
> Thank you
> Jeff

Did you mean 200 MB or 200 GB? 200 MB is a very small partition. If
that is what you meant, delete the partition in XP and use XP's disk
management to create and format your partition. To access the disk
manager in XP, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will
open Computer Management where you can find Disk Management under the
Storage section.

If you meant 200 GB instead of 200 MB, Windows XP does not support
formatting a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. You'll need to use some
other tool if Acronis is unable to handle the task properly.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.teloep.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

Hello Tom
Yes it is only 200MB. It is for use with VirtualPC and Dos. Disk management
is also unable to format the partition, although it 'sees' the partition. I
am sure this is tied up with the floppy and card problem as they give the
same results.
Regards
Jeff

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> jeff hughes wrote:
> > Hi
> > Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
> > acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
> > format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
> > floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
> > format)
> > Thank you
> > Jeff
>
> Did you mean 200 MB or 200 GB? 200 MB is a very small partition. If
> that is what you meant, delete the partition in XP and use XP's disk
> management to create and format your partition. To access the disk
> manager in XP, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will
> open Computer Management where you can find Disk Management under the
> Storage section.
>
> If you meant 200 GB instead of 200 MB, Windows XP does not support
> formatting a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. You'll need to use some
> other tool if Acronis is unable to handle the task properly.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.teloep.org
>
> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>

First try as said by "Tom". If that doesn't help then try booting your
Windows in Safe Mode and then recreate and format the partition using Disk
Management.

Hope this help, let us know!

"jeff hughes" wrote:

> Hello Tom
> Yes it is only 200MB. It is for use with VirtualPC and Dos. Disk management
> is also unable to format the partition, although it 'sees' the partition. I
> am sure this is tied up with the floppy and card problem as they give the
> same results.
> Regards
> Jeff
>
> "Tom Porterfield" wrote:
>
> > jeff hughes wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
> > > acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
> > > format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
> > > floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
> > > format)
> > > Thank you
> > > Jeff
> >
> > Did you mean 200 MB or 200 GB? 200 MB is a very small partition. If
> > that is what you meant, delete the partition in XP and use XP's disk
> > management to create and format your partition. To access the disk
> > manager in XP, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will
> > open Computer Management where you can find Disk Management under the
> > Storage section.
> >
> > If you meant 200 GB instead of 200 MB, Windows XP does not support
> > formatting a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. You'll need to use some
> > other tool if Acronis is unable to handle the task properly.
> > --
> > Tom Porterfield
> > MS-MVP Windows
> > http://support.teloep.org
> >
> > Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
> >

Hi
That does't work either. 'format did not complete successfully'.
Thanks

"RajKohli" wrote:

> First try as said by "Tom". If that doesn't help then try booting your
> Windows in Safe Mode and then recreate and format the partition using Disk
> Management.
>
> Hope this help, let us know!
>
> "jeff hughes" wrote:
>
> > Hello Tom
> > Yes it is only 200MB. It is for use with VirtualPC and Dos. Disk management
> > is also unable to format the partition, although it 'sees' the partition. I
> > am sure this is tied up with the floppy and card problem as they give the
> > same results.
> > Regards
> > Jeff
> >
> > "Tom Porterfield" wrote:
> >
> > > jeff hughes wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
> > > > acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
> > > > format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
> > > > floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
> > > > format)
> > > > Thank you
> > > > Jeff
> > >
> > > Did you mean 200 MB or 200 GB? 200 MB is a very small partition. If
> > > that is what you meant, delete the partition in XP and use XP's disk
> > > management to create and format your partition. To access the disk
> > > manager in XP, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will
> > > open Computer Management where you can find Disk Management under the
> > > Storage section.
> > >
> > > If you meant 200 GB instead of 200 MB, Windows XP does not support
> > > formatting a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. You'll need to use some
> > > other tool if Acronis is unable to handle the task properly.
> > > --
> > > Tom Porterfield
> > > MS-MVP Windows
> > > http://support.teloep.org
> > >
> > > Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
> > >

Try any third party software like Partition Magic. See if it helps you. Sorry
for delay in reply.

Let us know!

"jeff hughes" wrote:

> Hi
> That does't work either. 'format did not complete successfully'.
> Thanks
>
> "RajKohli" wrote:
>
> > First try as said by "Tom". If that doesn't help then try booting your
> > Windows in Safe Mode and then recreate and format the partition using Disk
> > Management.
> >
> > Hope this help, let us know!
> >
> > "jeff hughes" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Tom
> > > Yes it is only 200MB. It is for use with VirtualPC and Dos. Disk management
> > > is also unable to format the partition, although it 'sees' the partition. I
> > > am sure this is tied up with the floppy and card problem as they give the
> > > same results.
> > > Regards
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > "Tom Porterfield" wrote:
> > >
> > > > jeff hughes wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > Created FAT partition and formatted, (tried FAT and FAT32, ~200MB) using
> > > > > acronis disk director. Acronis thinks everything OK. Winxp then asks to
> > > > > format the partition. Then says unable to format. I also cannot read the
> > > > > floppy or any memory cards (same results, do I want to format - unable to
> > > > > format)
> > > > > Thank you
> > > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > Did you mean 200 MB or 200 GB? 200 MB is a very small partition. If
> > > > that is what you meant, delete the partition in XP and use XP's disk
> > > > management to create and format your partition. To access the disk
> > > > manager in XP, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will
> > > > open Computer Management where you can find Disk Management under the
> > > > Storage section.
> > > >
> > > > If you meant 200 GB instead of 200 MB, Windows XP does not support
> > > > formatting a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. You'll need to use some
> > > > other tool if Acronis is unable to handle the task properly.
> > > > --
> > > > Tom Porterfield
> > > > MS-MVP Windows
> > > > http://support.teloep.org
> > > >
> > > > Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
> > > >