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Why can't I format a 1.44 floppy as a 720 under win95, NT or dos 6?

I get a "track 0 bad" error even though I know the disk is good.  We have tried several disks on several machines with no luck.  My co-worker knew this was a problem under NT, but why everything else?
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Ouch!  I didn't know that the media hole had to be covered, but I've only been fixing computers since '93 and haven't needed to know yet.  I guess it shows that no matter how much you think you know, computers know more.  Thanks for the quick answer!

It happens to *everyone* of us!!   Don't be embarased, 'being there, done that' too!