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Try formatting it in the other computer. Else floppy drives plug in and out and are held in by 4 screws (or so). Use one floppy drive on both machines. If you plug a floppy in upside down the front light comes on and stays on so just reverse the plug (most things in a computer can only physically fit the right way with other things - floppies and cheap hard drive cables are the exception).
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'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.html
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0f3401c46eb8$e9e31df0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I tried formatting it again and it still did it. Maybe I
> need a newer floppy??
> >-----Original Message-----
> >98 accepts faulty floppy formats. XP doesn't. Format the
> floppy before using it. Else use a different floppy drive
> on one of the computers.
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> >'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
> >http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.h
> tml
> >
> >"Terri" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0e6001c46eb2$71eb0c00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I am trying to copy my Word documents to a floppy and
> >> save them in Works on my new computer. I saved them
> >> in "Rich Text" format but when I put the disk in the
> new
> >> Windows XP computer, it says the disk is not formatted-
> >> yet I can view them in the old computer. Any ideas?
> Thanks
> >.
> >
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