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Thank you for your submissions. I'll offer them to the club and resond back here.
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Thank you for your submissions. I'll offer them to the club and resond back here.

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The club reported that they'd found DOS6.2 floppies, but the reply will be useful to me in the future
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The club reported that they'd found DOS6.2 floppies, but the reply will be useful to me in the future

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A chap at our radio club needs to flash his BIOS from a floppy disc and has been told he must use an IBM preformatted floppy disc and not one formatted under win NT, win2000 or the XP operating systems. &nbsp;Does anyone know why this is so. &nbsp;In other words, what is the difference between a commercially preformatted floppy disc and one formatted under Windows operating system. <br />
Many thanks, any information you can give.
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A chap at our radio club needs to flash his BIOS from a floppy disc and has been told he must use an IBM preformatted floppy disc and not one formatted under win NT, win2000 or the XP operating systems.  Does anyone know why this is so.  In other words, what is the difference between a commercially preformatted floppy disc and one formatted under Windows operating system. 
Many thanks, any information you can give.

Flash BIOS FLoppy disc problem

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.

Microsoft DOS

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.

Operating Systems

A desktop computer is a personal computer designed for use at a single location due to its size and power requirements, usually by one person. The most common configuration has a case that houses the power supply, motherboard, disk storage (usually one or more hard disk drives and optical disc drives); a keyboard and mouse for input; and computer monitor and printer for output. The case may be oriented horizontally and placed atop a desk or vertically and placed underneath or beside a desk.