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Floppy disk problems
Name: Steven Oliver Date: December 14, 2003 at 17:19:20 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 3
Comment:
Hi, can someone tell me if there is any way I can retrieve files from a floppy disk that seems to be corrupted and will not open?
Name: Steven Oliver Date: December 14, 2003 at 18:07:51 Pacific
Reply:
By the way the error message I get says:
"The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions- * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the File Open dialogue box to locate the document."
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