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Disk not formatted error
Name: seriousjack90 Date: November 18, 2003 at 13:10:03 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium 260,528KB R
Comment:
I have a disk that is full of information, however when I try to read it "Disk not formatted" is displayed. I not only fifteen minutes ago was updating a spreadsheet on the disk and took it out for a few minutes when I remembered that I had to update another file. Unfortunately, I cannot read anything on the disk anymore. Is all that data lost?
Name: Dick Johnson Date: November 18, 2003 at 13:56:12 Pacific
Reply:
What kind of disk? Floppy, Zip, Hard Drive? And did you save your last entry?
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Response Number 2
Name: seriousjack90 Date: November 19, 2003 at 06:35:14 Pacific
Reply:
It was a 3.5 floppy disk and I yes I did save my last entry. I have like 6 to 7 spreadsheets on that disk.
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Response Number 3
Name: kevin Date: November 19, 2003 at 22:45:06 Pacific
Reply:
I had the same problem the other day - the contacts were dirty on the ribbon cable connecting the drive to the motherboard. Try unplugging and plugging back in each end of the cable a few times.
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