Disc problems?

I've been keeping alot of notes onto my floppy and when i went to put it in last night it says that the disc media isnt recognised?

If i format it again i loose all the work but i cant save it as it wont allow me access into the a:/?

Any ideas?

Please...this is almost 4yrs worth...i'll be forever greatful!

Gryff

Gryf... there is a good possibility that it is your a: drive instead of the disks. You can pick up another for around $5 used (As long as you don't use a laptop). Try the disk in someone elses computer and see if it'll open before you go to formatting disks.

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I've tried other discs in my own laptop, the main hardrive in the CO's tent and the labs computer they all work with my other disc but not this disc?

HELP!!!!

*cries eyeballs out*

Try it in another floppy drive on a different computer...(if it works, copy it to the hard drive, and moake some copies) Also, check the metal protector plate, and make sure there are no bent edges, etc.

If you stored it near speakers, a tv, etc. it may have been erased.... Best bet is to always have it on your Hard Drive, as well as a floppy, and if it's real important, have a backup floppy as well...(though there are better alternatives now)...

EDIT: Sorry, same time posting... All may not be lost, there are disc recovery experts, but it can be rather pricey....and they make no guarantees on what they can recover.... Did you try looking at it from a DOS type level, and then listing the contents of the diskette? Sometimes, Windows can be more picky.....

[Edited on 13-11-2003 by Gazrok]

i aint that stupid!

I have back-ups
I have tried it onto diffrent comps and they all say that the media isnt recognised!

It hasnt been near a tv or speakers or anything that gives off EMPs?

Oh this is sooo typical!

# this for a laugh...i now have to go and type everything out again...thats another 24hrs work load!

Look for free disk recovery software, there is one which I use, but can't remember the name of. It's saved me several times. Have a search on download.com

I never use floppy disks any more, and I never put a floppy drive in a new PC when I build it. They let you down far too often. I now rely on USB memory sticks instead, they are far more reliable and hold much more data.

yeah i used tog et that format thing alot also. It was just the disks were stuffed. Int he end i had like 20 disks stuff up on me.

Originally posted by Gryffen
I've tried other discs in my own laptop, the main hardrive in the CO's tent and the labs computer they all work with my other disc but not this disc?

HELP!!!!

*cries eyeballs out*

Pay some Computer Specialist to rip it for you. It shouldnt cost much if its important information. I'm pretty sure its your disc

Originally posted by Zzub
I never use floppy disks any more, and I never put a floppy drive in a new PC when I build it. They let you down far too often. I now rely on USB memory sticks instead, they are far more reliable and hold much more data.

i Think I would still install a floppy drive in a PC, even if it's only for installing operating systems... Can you boot from a USB memory stick? If you can, then I will probably change my mind and use memory sticks, lol.

I have seen several free disk recovery programs, but again... I can't remember the names, sorry. Just do a search on Tucows.com, Download.com, etc.

You can boot from cd though

and yeah, look around for floppy disc recovery software.

[Edited on 13-11-2003 by Kano]

download.com.com...

I have succesfully used this one several times. I hope it works for you.

thats the one i have already downloaded...its showing me everything apart from the a:/?

It comes up with something like disc1#?

Help?

Oh this is sooo typical!

Sorry, didn't mean to upset, but there is no way that I could know your knowledge of such things through cyberspace.... So, I simply suggested the most obvious things first... We all just try to help... Good luck in your quest...and hopefully Zzub can assist on the recovery....

Gazrok..

U have nothing to apolgise about!

Sorry i'm just cranky and my CO is breathing down my neck about it!

I'll keep on trying and even if i can just get the main part of it done then i owe u guys bigtime!

*hugs gazrok*

Been here 3 days and have 0 sleep!

Cheers
Gryff

Here's how I do it.

Run the software (choose english)

Choose find lost data

Select "NO NAME on Windows drive A" and click on OK

Choose the full cluster range. It will now scan the disk

You will then be presented with root, deleted, lost, searched.

Your files should appear in one of these 4 categories.

Sometimes, if the files are really screwed, it will not be able to add the filename correctly.

Select a file (or all the files) from these lists, right-click and choose save to. The files will be copied to this location. From here, you can try to open the files in notepad, or if the file is in good condition, in the original program.

It's a bit hit and miss with floppys, they really suck and files are often completely screwed. I really hope this helps you, you sound really stressed by it.

Good luck, my friend.

p.s. try this same thing on a differenc computer too, the slight misalignment of the floppy heads can mean one computer can read the files while another can't.

p.s.s do not save the files to the original floppy!

Floppies are good for storing word processing stuff--you can divide your writing among lots of floppies so you don't lose everything at once. I lost a lot of stuff years back. Now I have two backup computers.

If you do a lot of writing, I recommend printing stuff out now and then so if the electronics fails you can recover your writing with OCR software from paper.

A computer is usually unable to open a file written in a software program not installed on that PC. A file written in Microsoft Word will not open on a computer that does not have Microsoft Word installed or has an older version of Microsoft Word installed. Software is not normally backwards compatible

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