Vista refuses to create a Msdos startup disk

I have a question
I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it lets
me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS DOS
startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me the disk
is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it lets me
format the disk.
is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result

Why do you even need an MS-DOS formatted disk?



"Will " <> wrote in message
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>I have a question
> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it lets
> me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS DOS
> startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me the
> disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it lets
> me format the disk.
> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result

I need a bootable floppy to flash a graphics card

"Michael Price" <> wrote in message
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> Why do you even need an MS-DOS formatted disk?
>
>
>
> "Will " <> wrote in message
> news:41AE8028-1F9A-4085-A4F5-...
>>I have a question
>> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
>> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it
>> lets me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS
>> DOS startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me
>> the disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it
>> lets me format the disk.
>> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
>> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result
>

but thats really beside the point if there's an option to create a MSDOS
bootdisk it should work
and "format A: /S" format the command prompt doesn't work either it tells me
"/S" is an invalid parameter

"Michael Price" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Why do you even need an MS-DOS formatted disk?
>
>
>
> "Will " <> wrote in message
> news:41AE8028-1F9A-4085-A4F5-...
>>I have a question
>> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
>> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it
>> lets me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS
>> DOS startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me
>> the disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it
>> lets me format the disk.
>> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
>> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result
>

Hello Will
What type of drive and what type of system?
Internal disk or USB disk? 1.44 I presume with defaults on the format
screen?

I can create an MS-DOS start-up disk with RTM media without any issues so
it may be hardware specific.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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<but thats really beside the point if there's an option to create a MSDOS
<bootdisk it should work
<and "format A: /S" format the command prompt doesn't work either it tells
me
<"/S" is an invalid parameter
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<"Michael Price" <> wrote in message
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<> "Will " <> wrote in message
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<>>I have a question
<>> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
<>> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it
<>> lets me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS
<>> DOS startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me
<>> the disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it
<>> lets me format the disk.
<>> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
<>> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result
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I had a similar problem when I tried to make a Western Digital Data
Lifegaurd Tools floppy with the utility. I went on XP and it worked fine.
"Will " <> wrote in message
news:41AE8028-1F9A-4085-A4F5-...
>I have a question
> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it lets
> me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS DOS
> startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me the
> disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it lets
> me format the disk.
> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:41:38 +1100, "Will " <>
wrote:

>I need a bootable floppy to flash a graphics card

bootdisk.com
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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:44:59 +1100, "Will "
<> wrote:

>but thats really beside the point if there's an option to create a MSDOS
>bootdisk it should work
>and "format A: /S" format the command prompt doesn't work either it tells me
>"/S" is an invalid parameter

format /?

/FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32,
NTFS, or UDF).

Evan

Can you try a different floppy drive?
Did you have any problems making a boot disk with the previous operating
system?

I just successfully made one using Windows Vista Ultimate RTM.

So either you:
Have a bad drive, cable connection or other hardware issue.
Bad Vista installation
That build of Vista can not do it, doubtful.

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"Will " <> wrote in message
news:41AE8028-1F9A-4085-A4F5-...
>I have a question
> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it lets
> me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS DOS
> startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me the
> disk is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it lets
> me format the disk.
> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result

Will:
I reported this problem to MS and never got reply. I am using RC2 build 5744
just like you. Vista guru told me that you can use cd or USB Flash drive.
Creating MsDOs bootable floppy will not be supported in Vista.
Is this true or just RC2 bug?

"Will" wrote:

> I have a question
> I'm using Vista RC2 build 5744 and I'm trying create an Ms Dos
> startup(1.44mb floppy) disk from the format option in My computer, it lets
> me quick format and do a full format but the option to create a MS DOS
> startup disk won't work it keeps halting the process and telling me the disk
> is "write protected" which I'm 100% certain it isn't seeing it lets me
> format the disk.
> is this a bug or am I doing something wrong ?
> P.S so far I've tried about 10 different disks all with the same result
>