Unconditionally formats a standard 1.44MB floppy disk in drive A:. Windows XP has a problem formatting demagnetized or corrupt diskettes: its format function only checks for diskette to be readable, and does not perform actual formatting if it is not. Format144 is a simple command-line tool that formats disktettes to the most common standard. Source code is realeased under the GNU GPL for study and improvement. Format144 is licensed as freeware, full size of the download is 0.02 MB. You can download a free version of Format144 by following download link at Free Downloads section of this page. Format144 is developed or distributed by Denis Petrov and is listed under disk tools diskette floppy.
