Unable to make msdos startup disk

[gregdot]

Winxp SP3 when I try to make an msdos startup disk the floppy blinks once then nothing else happens tested floppy in other system and tried several floppies, used to work have not changed anything

 

[ktownmike]

Maybe the floppy or drive is bad, try a cd.

 

[gregdot]

Maybe the floppy or drive is bad, try a cd.

I tried several floppies and even a USB floppy drive all with same result.
I have dual boot on this system Windows 98 can create a msdos boot floppy but the
Windows XP on same system cannot. LED on drive blinks once then nothing, just the format
window sitting there staring back at me. You can close the format window so it is not locked up