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Joanne - 19 Apr 2004 13:36 GMT

I posted a message yesterday about my disk not formatting
correctly. After a lot of trouble shooting, I figured
out that my laptop (Win98) is seeing the drive as a 720
KB drive instead of a 1.44 MB. Somehow it lost its
correct setting. By chance does anyone know where in the
CMOS an IBM lapt (55U) would have this setting? I can't
seem to find it anywhere. Thanks so much for any help.

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Ron Badour - 19 Apr 2004 17:04 GMT

Did you check to see if the floppy was maybe formatted as a 720? Right
click A: drive, format and a screen appears. There is a drop down menu that
allows a 1.44 or a 720 format. Try a 1.44 format on a blank floppy and then
see how the drive reads it.

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> I posted a message yesterday about my disk not formatting
> correctly. After a lot of trouble shooting, I figured
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> CMOS an IBM lapt (55U) would have this setting? I can't
> seem to find it anywhere. Thanks so much for any help.

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 19 Apr 2004 17:40 GMT

Hi,

Might try looking at this web page from IBM:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=psg1MIGR-
4YQHJY&loc=en_US

It tells how to get into BIOS/CMOS and a couple of
utilities that come with the ThinkPad's, depending on
model.

How old is your ThinkPad? Might it have come with a 720K
floppy drive or is it a 1.44?

Subgun

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>I posted a message yesterday about my disk not formatting
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>seem to find it anywhere. Thanks so much for any help.
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