06.009 On my PC I can FORMAT diskettes with or without adding the operating system. Can I format a DOS 3.3 diskette for just data storage? -- i.e. without adding DOS or a HELLO program?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
06.009 On my PC I can FORMAT diskettes with or without adding the operating system. Can I format a DOS 3.3 diskette for just data storage? -- i.e. without adding DOS or a HELLO program?
Yes. DOS 3.3 does not have a plain "FORMAT" command; but, you can use
utilities such as Copy II+ to easily format a diskette without adding DOS or a
HELLO program.
A format will create 35 Tracks of 16 256-byte sectors each and verify that
each Track is good. Then, it will allocate the Catalog track and create a disk
info record called the "Volume Table of Contents" or "VTOC".
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