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1.44 floppy
Name: krimsenkat12 Date: August 26, 2003 at 17:08:06 Pacific OS: winXP CPU/Ram: 768
Comment:
i have files on a certain 1.44 floppy that won't open on my winXP. I keep getting the error message, "disk in drive A is not formatted." If i click yes to format the disk, will i lose my files?? -thanks-
Name: Turtle1089 Date: August 26, 2003 at 17:24:43 Pacific
Reply:
If you click yes you will lose your files. You can try accessing the disk on the original PC the files were created on.
Another solution may be to run "error-checking" on the floppy by opening up the drive's properties and switching to the tools tab. This may be risky, some data may be lost.
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Response Number 2
Name: Robert Date: August 26, 2003 at 18:07:32 Pacific
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check your anti-virus program if its norton that can cause it if you have it set wrong
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Response Number 3
Name: Dick Johnson Date: August 26, 2003 at 18:47:16 Pacific
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I get this all the time if they were made in W2000. All I do is keep removing the floppy and reinsert it. After a few times, low and behold, XP reads the damn thing.
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Response Number 4
Name: madmat Date: August 26, 2003 at 19:23:33 Pacific
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most of the time when you get that message it means the floppy is failing. Floppys are very unreliable. This may seem like a long shot but i have used the program winimage to make a image of a floppy and extract what information i could get off from it. But keep in mind probably some of your data is damaged even if it is just part of a file. So i reccommend using cd-rw or one of them small usb keychain drives.
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