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Name: Steven A. Wolfe
Date: December 5, 2006 at 18:10:10 Pacific
OS: Windows XE
CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 HT
Product: Dimension E310
Comment:

I have an old 3 1/2 floppy that has an entire book on that I typed and saved with an old Windows program, now with the new computers all I get is that the disk is not formatted. How can I get this data.


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Name: jboy
Date: December 5, 2006 at 18:28:30 Pacific
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Seems like an XP issue, and little relevance to Win31

Floppy Disk is Not Accessible, Not Formatted, or Not Recognized by Windows

... or, try it an a machine running a DOS based OS - it is possible that the diskette is not in good condition though

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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: December 6, 2006 at 04:24:00 Pacific
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Yet another 'feature' of XP.

Good to keep in mind the difference between a feature and a bug; a feature has seniority.


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Response Number 3
Name: os2fan2
Date: October 22, 2007 at 00:51:50 Pacific
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You need to do the transfer to, say 3 1/2 under DOS.

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