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# PC Tools Disk Formatter Err Msg: Can't Format Strange Disk

Article ID: 115205

Article Last Modified on 11/21/1999

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q115205

## SYMPTOMS

If you try to format an MS-DOS DoubleSpace- or DriveSpace-compressed floppy disk with the Windows Disk Formatter from PC Tools version 8.0, you receive the following error message:
Can't format strange disk.

## MORE INFORMATION

The PC Tools products included here are manufactured by Central Point Software, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: dblspace drvspace 8.0a pcformat

Keywords: KB115205