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Q129657: Windows 95 Cannot Create 360K Floppy System Disk

Article: Q129657
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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Windows 95 cannot create a 360K floppy system disk.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you create a floppy system disk, the system files require 422K of disk
space. Therefore, the system files do not fit on 360K disks.

When you try to format a 360K floppy disk as a system disk using Windows
Explorer, you receive the following error message:

  Windows could not copy the system files to this disk. Do you want to continue
  formatting without copying system files?

If you click OK, Windows 95 formats the disk but does not copy the system files.
If you click Cancel, Windows 95 stops formatting the disk.

Additional query words: low density

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Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

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