This is another case of stupid or misleading labeling. If it says 2MB
chances are that it's 1.4MB floppy. It's the old unformatted capacity VS
formatted capacity. There were some odd higher capacity discs, but chances
are you'll never see them, I've only seen one of the drives in some old IBM
PS/2 equipment.

- Lane

> Just when I think I'm making headway in understanding PC's, someone
> throws me another curve.  This time the UL inspector here is trying
> to copy a floppy disk (at home) and asked me for assistance.  It
> seems he is trying to copy a 2MB floppy.  I didn't even know there
> was such an animal.  Anyway, what is required to copy these disks?
> A special disk drive?  Or just another 2MB disk?  Will a standard
> (1.4MB) floppy drive read/write these 2MB disks correctly?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
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