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A Graphical Tool for formatting floppy disks

Features

Quick or full format
Bad sector checking (via Verify Integrity)
Can label disk
Supports command line options
Supports DOS, ext2, UFS and Minix file systems

Usage

Note

A floppy cannot be formatted if it is mounted.

Select the floppy drive which contains the media to be formatted
Select the size of the floppy to be used. In most cases it is safe to leave this as "Auto-Detect", and should be changed only when encountering size related issues during formatting
Select a filesystem to be used
- If the desired filesystem is not listed, check the box at the bottom of the window, it may provide a reason
- Not all supported filesystems are usable on floppy disks
Select the type of format to perform
- Quick Format is as the name implies, the fastest process. It does check for bad blocks or other errors
- Zero out and quick format will overwrite each sector with zeroes. This should not be relied on for securely erasing a disk, only a quick method of destroying data
- Full format will format the media, and check for bad blocks and other filesystem defects if possible
Check Verify Integrity if KFloppy is to check if the format was successful
Provide a name for the floppy, if desired
Click Format to format the media

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 {{Note|A floppy cannot be formatted if it is mounted.}}
+* Select the floppy drive which contains the media to be formatted
+* Select the size of the floppy to be used. In most cases it is safe to leave this as "Auto-Detect", and should be changed only when encountering size related issues during formatting
+* Select a filesystem to be used
+** If the desired filesystem is not listed, check the box at the bottom of the window, it may provide a reason
+** Not all supported filesystems are usable on floppy disks
+* Select the type of format to perform
+** Quick Format is as the name implies, the fastest process. It does check for bad blocks or other errors
+** Zero out and quick format will overwrite each sector with zeroes. This should not be relied on for securely erasing a disk, only a quick method of destroying data
+** Full format will format the media, and check for bad blocks and other filesystem defects if possible
+* Check '''Verify Integrity''' if KFloppy is to check if the format was successful
+* Provide a name for the floppy, if desired
+* Click '''Format''' to format the media
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