3.5" Floppy Problem

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I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
files?

Thanks,
MNF
 
Try to save the files on another computer with a different floppy drive
and operating system.
Judging by the many reported floppy problems Windows XP seems to have a
floppy bug.
 
Maybe -

Go to www.download .com and search on "file recovery". There may be a few
demo programs that will at least allow you to see if there are files that
can be recovered. Also, I have had the best luck with "Ontrack Easy
recovery" they have a demo program that will allow you to see if files can
be recovered, but not do the recovery. For that you need the purchased
version, which if I recall is pretty expensive. There may be others out
there that are cheaper and just as good though. It's a good starting point
though to at least see if data is recoverable.
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/

Maybe somone else knows of some good freeware\shareware recovery software.
 
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Maybe -

Go to www.download .com and search on "file recovery". There may be a few
demo programs that will at least allow you to see if there are files that
can be recovered. Also, I have had the best luck with "Ontrack Easy
recovery" they have a demo program that will allow you to see if files can
be recovered, but not do the recovery. For that you need the purchased
version, which if I recall is pretty expensive. There may be others out
there that are cheaper and just as good though. It's a good starting point
though to at least see if data is recoverable.
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/

Maybe somone else knows of some good freeware\shareware recovery software.









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Go to below website for many shareware or free restore
Click to expand...
programs: PCWorld.com - Restorer v1.1
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22
525,00.asp
 
-----Original Message-----
I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
files?

Thanks,
MNF
.
Go to below website for help: PCWorld.com - Restorer
Click to expand...
v1.1
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22
525,00.asp
 
mnfowler said:
I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
files?
Click to expand...

Put the contents on a non-XP machine, then transfer to a floppy that
has been formatted via XP. It's VERY fussy. Or test out some other
floppies with the XP machine and use one that has its contents
recognized - about half of mine were considered acceptable, so when I
got my new computer I ended up dumping a bunch back and recopying.
Note: If you used a floppy extender program to create 1.6M floppies,
they won't be accepted.
 
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