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Malakie · 01 August 2021, 18:39

Hi,

Is there an Amiga program that can actually format a floppy and mark out bad sectors? Something that would allow use of at least the good parts of a floppy disk?

Since I recently got back into the Amiga finally, I am finding that floppy disks are impossible to find. I have a dozen or so older disks, including a couple game disks I won't play that are standard format (Earl Weaver stats disk for example) but they too have a sector error thus I am unable to complete a format.

Like an HD, I am wondering if anyone knows of a format program for floppy that actually marks out the bad sectors?

While I also have a gotek drive, I need floppy disks for a few things that I need to use on another Amiga that is a stock machine and I am not altering in any manner.

Any help is appreciated!

01 August 2021, 18:39	#1
Malakie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 194	Format floppy disk and marking bad sectors? Hi, Is there an Amiga program that can actually format a floppy and mark out bad sectors? Something that would allow use of at least the good parts of a floppy disk? Since I recently got back into the Amiga finally, I am finding that floppy disks are impossible to find. I have a dozen or so older disks, including a couple game disks I won't play that are standard format (Earl Weaver stats disk for example) but they too have a sector error thus I am unable to complete a format. Like an HD, I am wondering if anyone knows of a format program for floppy that actually marks out the bad sectors? While I also have a gotek drive, I need floppy disks for a few things that I need to use on another Amiga that is a stock machine and I am not altering in any manner. Any help is appreciated!