Formatting a Floppy..

[scottie]

Every time i put a floppy into my drive to explore it or
use it, i get floppy is not formatted, okay i know theres
info on there so i put a blank floppy in and go for
format. It runs all the way to the end then says. Windows
was unable to complete the format. I have changed floppy
drives and there cables, i have removed the hardware and
reinstalled the hardware but to no avail.

Can anyone shed some light on this.....

I am running XP Pro with sp1 and all the relevent updates
from ms

 

[Skip]

http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/gjjones/administrivia/cate
gories/computerHelpdesk/2003/06/12.html

This will explain your problem.
sounds like you have to turn off your virus scan while
formating,or do it from command prompt...Good luck.