Need an explanation of RAW & FAT floppy formats

[wpshooter]

Can someone give me a simple layman's explanation of the differences, if any, of the RAW & FAT file system for floppy diskette formatting ?

I have done a search on this but I am still not sure if there is really any difference.

Is it O.K. to use floppy diskettes that are RAW formatted on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system computer or should the diskettes used on these system be FAT file system diskette formatted ?

Thanks.

 

[wpshooter]

bump.

 

[CrispyFried]

FAT is microsofts way of formatting a floppy. I believe floppys use FAT12. RAW is usually a custom format, could be anything. its sorta like an image of the data on the floppy.

Im not 100% sure on this however.

 

[nbarb99]

I *think* "RAW" is just what Windows reports the file system to be if it can't figure out what it is. FAT works with all flavors of Windows back to Win95.

 

[rivan]

FAT on a floppy should work all the way back to DOS. FAT32 compatibility starts with '95.