Use of GFloppy
When you start GFloppy, the Main window opens, shown in Figure 1.
Insert a floppy disk that is not write-protected.
GFloppy will destroy all files on your floppy disk. Do not format floppies containing files you wish to keep.
GFloppy needs to know the density of your floppy disk, the amount of data it can hold. Most disks today are High Density, 1.44MB 3.5".
Select your file system type. If you need to use your floppy under DOS or Windows, choose . Otherwise, choose . Linux Native cannot be read on most non-Linux machines.
You can also give to your newly formatted floppies. To do this type your label in the text box under .
Finally, you should select the mode of your formatting.
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Quick format is fastest but does not check your floppy for bad "blocks". It just deletes the file table so your data is theoretically recoverable.
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Standard format is a low-level format, but it does not check bad blocks. Thus if you have a faulty floppy it will fail to format.
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Thorough format checks floppy for bad blocks and low-level format it.
Click on the button to start formatting your floppy disk, as shown in these figures.
You will see a series of dialogs informing you that Gfloppy is formatting, verifying and making a filesystem on your disk.
Unless you select or , GFloppy checks for bad "blocks" on your floppy. If Gfloppy finds any, your floppy is wearing out.
GFloppy will let you know if it was successful and it will return you to the main window.