Too many bad sectors

I have W98 SE, OE6 and IE6 and also a 20GB hard drive with 16.8GB of
free space.

My computer is 31\2 years old.

I have two Windows 98 SE Boot Disks and because they are a few years old
I decided to make another one.

However, after completing 60% I had the message "Setup cannot properly
initialise the disk that you inserted".

Error: 'Too many bad sectors. Click OK to continue'.

I scanned (Thorough) and defragmenter (got a clean bill of health) but
with the same result as above.

Any ideas please.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

 

Throw that floppy in the garbage as it is toast....;o) Is it a Memorex floppy, BTW? They are
terrible. I would use a new floppy.

 

'Rosee',

No, it is a brand new Sony, MFD, 2HD, IBM, formatted. I also formatted
it myself and I tried several others from the same box, just in case.

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.

 

Do you have a different floppy drive with which you can test? My first suspect
would be the box of floppies could be bad. They are not very dependable media
anyway. I just threw away a half a box of floppies last week, but they were
Memorex. Out of twenty floppies 11 were unusable. Sony usually has good media,
but I guess you could get a bad batch. Eliminate your floppy drive also. Sorry I
can't be of any more help. Thunder-boomers and I will probably have to shut
down. If I disappear, then that will be the case......;o)

 

'Rosee',

You are right. I have just tried an old Imitation 2HD floppy and it
worked.

I only bought the Sony's about two weeks ago so I will be taking them
back very promptly.

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

 

.....killed two birds with one stone!.....;oD

BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LOL!!! I guess I WAS lost on it, but I get it now.....;oD