I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn't be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn't quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...

If you run the Check Disk tool in Command Prompt and decide that you would then like to format the drive, you can do so via Command Prompt as well. Back up any data you want to save before proceeding.

Insert a disk into your floppy disk drive and run Windows Explorer. Right-click the Drive A icon and choose Format. In the Format dialog box, select the check box labeled ‘Create an MS-DOS ...