Yes, it's not a sparse file; at least from what I can see of the file. Windows says that the 'Size' and the 'Size on disk' is exactly the following: 1.40 MB (1,474,560 bytes)
If I use ImDisk to make a working floppy disk, it all works fine. But after I create it, Windows wants me format it. So if I do format it with FAT, then Windows recognized it fine. I can add files all I want. But it adds a bunch of extra stuff onto the disk's first sector. If I try to burn by boot loader onto that drive, then that's where crap hits the fan. My testing programs, mainly VirtualBox, crashes when booting from 'Host Drive (Drive Letter):'. Nothing else will boot it, either But, if I do the above, and do not format the drive, the VirtualBox loads and it works all dandy fine. Yet I cannot format the drive, for the reasons above. And it's a never ending nightmare. lol
Also, QEMU and Bochs are not going to boot my Host Drive. I'm trying everything I can right now. They're just not having any.
Here is some more pictures on what I mean, because I think putting these out there as evidence can help with finding the answer.
Now after I made a fresh drive and mounted it to 'A:', I tried booting it in VirtualBox, and well, this worked, but I cannot do anything:
https://imgur.com/LMdSbg2Now I is more burning the first sector with a disk editing tool called SectEdit:
What a fresh FAT format looks like:
https://imgur.com/7vm9CtTThen I burned it:
https://imgur.com/Xhjf8h4Now VirtualBox crashes horribly by booting from 'Host Drive A:'
https://imgur.com/CAzxdb5And yes, I uploaded the 'floppy.vfd' file, it's up for download:
https://ufile.io/7qkfv