Standard Floppy Disk Formats Supported by MS-DOS (75131)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 1.x
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 2.11
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q75131
SUMMARY
By using DRIVER.SYS and/or the DRIVPARM command in the CONFIG.SYS file, you
can select a variety of floppy disk formats for use with MS-DOS. The tables
below describe the standard floppy disk formats supported by various
versions of MS-DOS and show the switches used for DRIVER.SYS and
FORMAT.EXE.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB75131 |
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