


I HAVE been unchecking that box in Win95, so that's not my issue. And Windows 10 doesn't even give me the option to low-level format - only quick format. Right now, the problem disks just keep getting kicked out as "failed to format floppy" within Windows 95/98. I am also not opposed to finding a really strong magnet to pass over the floppies to see if that will get them to format. It's the floppy.ĭoes anyone have ready access to any software that might let me COMPLETELY low-level format a floppy to see if I can recover the physical disk for use? Like, the ability to write a brand new track 1 sector index marker, etc.

I've checked multiple physical drives and OSes. Ok, so long story short, I have a box of floppies and a couple of them simply won't format anymore - not on my Windows 10 USB floppy nor on Windows 95 or 98.
