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Pedro
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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: My Floppy disk does not work anymore |
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I was able to access my floppy disk on another computer earlier today but now I can't on my home computer.
It tells me if I want to format it, the format is unrecognizable.
What should I do? |
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Fixing My Computer
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: Floppy Data Recovery |
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Hi Pedro,
The problem is due to the fact that you have a file format that your Operating system doesn't recognize.
It is easy to recover your files. You just need to boot your computer with an operating system (in a bootable CD or Floppy) that recognizes both your Floppy's file format and your OS. Then copy simply copy your files from floppy to a folder on the drive that is carrying your OS.
Please let me know the following:
What Operating system do you have on your PC?
Was it the same OS on the other computer (the one that lets you access your files)?
and I'll be able to direct you to the right boot floppy or CD |
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Pedro
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: My Floppy disk does not work anymore |
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| It was an older computer with windows 2000 and I use XP at Home |
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Fixing My Computer
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: Re: My Floppy disk does not work anymore |
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| Pedro wrote: | | It was an older computer with windows 2000 and I use XP at Home |
Do you have the same problem with all your floppies or is it just this one?
Windows XP should be able to read your floppy if windows 2000 was able to do So.
Also keep in mind that your floppy is a magnetic storage media and can be erased easily by a magnet or high currents of electricity, or even cell phones!
you might have erased your data accidentally |
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JONYE
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| Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Hi
I think There are better ways to transfer data from one computer to another and many new computers don't even have a floppy drive anymore. 3.5" floppy drive technology is well over 20 years old. The discs can only hold 1.44MBs (1.4MB on a Mac). Compare that to a 4GB flash drive which has about 2800 times more storage space.
Good luck
JONYE
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Please let me know the following:
What Operating system do you have on your PC?
Was it the same OS on the other computer (the one that lets you access your files)?
and I'll be able to direct you to the right boot floppy or CD
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ItsFixed
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| Hi All! I am also facing the same sort of problem. When I boot the server to Windows XP Professional, the internal floppy drive appears is in the Device Manager and shows up in Windows Explorer. However, when I attempt to access floppy media, I receive a message to 'format the disk.' |
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JohnRocks
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 5:19 am Post subject: |
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This problem occurs on disks that do not contain a media descriptor byte in the BIOS parameter block (BPB) of the boot sector. Some older preformatted floppy disks do not contain a media descriptor byte. Older product disks may also not have the media descriptor byte.
To resolve this problem, re-format the floppy disk with Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. |
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