Floppy Disk Formatted Incorrectly on Japanese PC98 Computer with Internet Explorer 4.01

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Explorer on a Japanese PC98 computer, you may find that formatting floppy disks by using the Format command on the File menu in My Computer or Windows Explorer results in the floppy disk being formatted incorrectly. Possible formatting results are listed in the following table.

   Selected format size   Formatted as
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   1.25 MB                1.44 MB
   1.44 MB                1.25 MB
   720 KB                 1.2 MB
   1.2 MB                 720 KB
   640 KB                 works correctly