Ques About 3.5" Disk

Hi,
I made some changes on a Word File when I was at my local library today.
The file was stored on a 3.5" disk. Later on at home, when I went to email
it to someone, I got a error message saying the disk was not formatted.
I've tried to open the file in Word, but now it still giving me the same
error message. What happened?

Thanks,

 

The diskette may have become corrupted. See if PCInspector
(freeware) can read it
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

 

Thanks, I will try it out.
What would cause a disk to become corrupt? Is it because I used a public PC
(at the library)? It was an old disk-maybe 4 yrs-but that can't be the
reason, right?

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in the future format the disk (the long way) on the system where you
want to read it, then have it written on the other system and be sure
to close the writing program before removing the 3.5" disk.

RM

 

That probably is most of the reason. Especially if you've been writing to it
all that time.

 

Rick Merrill "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

You're so stupid, you told everyone that you were "illegitimate" because
you couldn't read.

 

The media on floppies deteriorates over time, especially if the
diskette is kept in a hot or dusty place, or near electromagnetic
devices. More here:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/itcs/helpdesk/helpsheets/floppy-disk.pdf

If you can't get the file opened on your system, try taking it
back to the machine in the library, and then saving it on a
freshly formatted diskette, or better yet, a memory stick.

Good luck.

 

Almost certainly the floppy drive you saved the file to with had it's
read/write heads out of alignment. Also possible, *your* floppys heads are
out of alignment. Last possibility, the disk is shagged.

Dan





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Floppy drives nowadays are pretty junky. In your case, the head of one of
the two drives (yours/library's) is probably a bit out of alignment. Try
removing/re-inserting the diskette...sometimes the drive head will then
"take". Try several times.

If you do manage to read the diskette, copy anything you want to save onto
the HD and completely format the diskette before trying to write data to it
again.

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|>Hi,
|>I made some changes on a Word File when I was at my local library today.
|>The file was stored on a 3.5" disk. Later on at home, when I went to email
|>it to someone, I got a error message saying the disk was not formatted.
|>I've tried to open the file in Word, but now it still giving me the same
|>error message. What happened?

This happen'd to me a lot: bring a floppy from the library and XP
would claim it wasn't format'd.

Most of the times I could get to the information in a CMD window.

Start | Run <type in> CMD /K <enter>

Type
A: - to get to the drive
DIR - to see if anything is there and copy it elsewhere if so.

Might try a USB pen drive, library here has USB ports for that.

 

If you drive went bad you can try cleaning it but if the disk went bad
nothing much can be done. You might try it on another computer and if
you get the same message it is most likely the floppy bit the dust.

 

Sometimes, XP likes to use 1.44s that have been formatted by XP.