On Sat, 20 May 2000, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > Robert> Every floppy I've written in a "DOS-box" so far wrote fine but > Robert> didn't work, so I strongly recommend booting into real DOS (via > Robert> <F8> when "Starting Windows 9x..."). > > Have other people exerienced this? (I've never used Windows >= 3.1, > so I don't know.)
CrossBrand - BIOS upgrade/reference disks corrupted by Windows 95/98 Applicable Countries: Worldwide Service Hints & Tips Symptom: Performing a "DIR" command in the Windows 95/98 environment on a Flash BIOS update diskette or a PS/2 Reference Diskette may cause the diskette to become inoperative. This affects ALL IntelliStations, PS/ValuePoint, IBM PCs and PS/2 systems. Problem Isolation Aid: None ;-) Fix: Microsoft uses an 8 byte block on the diskette for labelling purposes in Windows 95/98. When a "DIR" command is executed, this 8 byte block is written to by Windows 95. The "Diskette Drive A:" Icon under the "My Computer" folder in Windows 95/98 has the same affect as the "DIR" command. IBM uses this same 8 byte block for Flash BIOS updates and PS/2 Reference Diskettes to ensure that the Flash is occurring in a stable environment. Once the 8 byte block has been written to by the Windows 95/98 "DIR" command, the Flash diskette or Reference Diskette will display an error indicating that "This is not a valid Flash Diskette"or "This is not the correct Reference Diskette for this system." ----- roger? greetings, martin
