floppy drives

[Guest]

every time I insert a floppy disk into the drive it informs me that the disk
is not formated and when trying to format it informs me disk cannot be
formated. is this the disk or the drive I have probs with.
I am running windows XP home edition. on my laptop and desk top comp

 

[M and D]

"Floppy Disk is Not Accessible, Not Formatted, or Not Recognized by Windows"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;140060

Steven