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>    Starting <TT
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>GFloppy</TT
> opens the
    <SPAN
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>Main window</SPAN
>, shown in <A
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>Figure 1</A
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>Figure 1. GFloppy Main Window</B
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>    Don't forget to insert a non-write-protected floppy.
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>     GFloppy will destroy all files on your floppy! Do not format floppies
     which contain files you wish to keep.
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>    Select your file system type. If you need to use your floppy under
    DOS or Windows, choose <B
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>DOS (FAT16)</B
>. Otherwise,
    choose <B
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>Linux Native (ext2)</B
>, since it is technically
    superior, but cannot be read on most non-Linux machines.
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>    GFloppy needs to know your floppy's density (the amount of data
    it can hold). Nowadays, most are High Density, 1.44MB 3.5" floppies.
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>    Quick format does not check your floppy for bad "blocks", so it is
    considerably faster. However, if you have not formatted your floppy
    before, or suspect it might be bad, you are better off
    with a regular, slow format.
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>    Now, click <B
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>Format</B
> to start formatting your
    floppy, as shown in the following figures.
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>    <DIV
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>Figure 2. Formatting...</B
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>Figure 3. Verifying...</B
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>    Unless you selected <B
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>Quick Format</B
>, GFloppy will
    check for <A
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>bad "blocks"</A
> on your floppy.
    If it finds any, your floppy is wearing out and should be replaced.

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><B
>Figure 4. Checking for bad blocks...</B
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>    If all went well, GFloppy will let you know it was successful
    (<A
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>Figure 5</A
>), and ask you if you want to <A
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>format another</A
>. If you click
    <B
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>Yes</B
>, GFloppy will place you back at the <A
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>main screen</A
>, otherwise it will quit.

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>Figure 5. Success!</B
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>Figure 6. Format another?</B
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