<s>
Superformatting	B-Device
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
formatting	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
at	O
a	O
capacity	O
that	O
the	O
disk	O
is	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
ruin	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
floppy-based	O
Linux	B-Application
distros	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
room	O
for	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
common	O
use	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
popular	O
nowadays	O
)	O
was	O
to	O
format	O
low-density	B-Device
3.5-inch	I-Device
or	I-Device
5.25-inch	I-Device
floppies	I-Device
as	O
high-density	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
3.5-inch	O
disks	O
,	O
even	O
extra-high	B-Device
density	I-Device
(	O
HD-36	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superformatting	B-Device
is	O
usually	O
done	O
with	O
a	O
low-level	O
format	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
FORMAT	O
/U	O
"	O
in	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
"	O
fdformat	B-Application
"	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
