![]() ![]() You all were extremely helpful figuring out what drive would do the trick. Windows 10 automatically recognizes that there is a DD floppy in the TEAC drive and formats accordingly. The format works easily by using the command prompt in Windows 10 and entering: I had to use a proprietary piece of software to transfer a disk image to a freshly formatted 720kb floppy for a Roland MC-500II sequencer made in the late 80's. It is an ugly case but it works flawlessly in Windows 10. Found my FD-05PUB from the early 00s on eBay for about $15. I bought a Sabrent floppy drive that is internally a TEAC drive that DID NOT WORK with 720kb, DD floppies - it was made after 2007. I registered so I could confirm that TEAC FD-05PUB floppy drives made in Japan (late 90s/early 00s) will format 720kb floppies. I really appreciate all the insight everyone contributed to this topic. The USB FDD can be used without any problem, even though it is displayed as the 5-inch FDD.įormat /f:720 also works, at least in WIN 7 and earlier. When the USB FDD is connected with a 1.25-MB or 640-KB FD inserted, the 5-inch FDD icon may be displayed on the Explorer screen. However, it is possible to perform disk formatting on the USB-compliant FDD by specifying the following options at the command level prompt. Because of this restriction, when a 2DD (720 KB) disk is in the FDD, the Capacity section in the Format menu remains blank. ![]() ![]() The OS permits you to format (initialize) only a floppy disk with 1.44-megabytes of capacity. Never had an issue formatting/reading/writing 720K diskettes in my 3.5" USB drive and never knew this was an issue FWIW, I use a Dynex DX-EF101 containing a YE Data YD-8U10 with the following capabilities:ĢHD 1.25MB: Read / Write (Japanese domestic format)ĢHD 1.21MB: Read / Write (Japanese domestic format) ![]()
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