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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

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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.

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Additional query words: dblspace drvspace 8.0a pcformat

Keywords: KB115205


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