Category: Fast Formatters
Downloads: 10
d64 floppy0 10 Second Format

What can you say about a utility when the name says it all.

10 second format
2015-03-19 English Commodore 64 2.63 KB 887 Download
zip1 10 Seconds Format

10 Seconds Format is a 1986 vintage release by the Yugoslav Cracking Service.  It does one thing and does it pretty well.  Formats a disk in case you were wondering.

10_seconds_format-1
2017-04-23 English Commodore 64 2.44 KB 813 Download
d64 floppy2 9 Second Format

Not much you can say about a fast format program. Obviously this particular formatter's claim to fame is 9 second!

9 second format
2015-03-19 English Commodore 64 2.33 KB 826 Download
d64 floppy3 Delete Whole Disk v2

Delete Whole Disk will completely wipe a disk by using half step increments to get rid of data that might be in place from using the disk on a PC.

delete while disk 2 1
2015-04-15 English Commodore 64 385 B 825 Download
d64 floppy4 Diskmat

By Mark Gross - I never thought I would see the day when someone could use up 29 blocks to write a disk formatter, and this one isn't even fast. Oh well, I guess everyone fills a need in different ways.

disk mat
2015-03-19 English Commodore 64 6.21 KB 799 Download
d64 floppy5 Fast Format

Fast Format - a routine that formats a disk in under thirty seconds.

fformat 1
2015-05-15 English Commodore 64 2.02 KB 829 Download
d64 floppy6 Format 9

Yet another 9 second fast formatter for the 1541 floppy drive.

format9 1
2015-06-02 English Commodore 64 3.92 KB 816 Download
zip7 Guild Format

Guild Format by Ron Potier - This is a kinda cool fast format program for tose occasions when you need to format a couple hundred floppies.  Once the program is loaded you can format floppies over and over by just hitting "y" and enter once the format is finished.

guild format
2018-03-13 English Commodore 64 2.24 KB 871 Download
d64 floppy8 No Knock Format

No Knock Format - A fast (under thirty seconds) format routine that does not bump the head at the start of the format procedure.

NOTE---The last disk read will be used as the reference for the locations of the tracks on the new disk.  If the last disk was formatted off standard the new disk may be hard to read!

no knock format 1
2015-05-15 English Commodore 64 2.17 KB 780 Download
d64 floppy9 Quick Format v2.21

Quick Format v2.21 is a fast formatting program for the 1541 floppy drive.

quick format 2.21
2015-10-17 English Commodore 64 2.23 KB 866 Download
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