Corrupt Files

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My problem is that my JPG files are getting corrupt on my
A: drive. I've ran, "Norton, McAfee, Zone Alarm,
Spysweeper, and KazzarBegone" but neither is resolving
this problem. I've even purchased a new floppy drive and
still have the same problem. When I first copy the
pictures to a newly formated floppy and view the
pictures, they are fine. The problem begins only when I
remove the floppy from the drive and reinsert it. Then no
matter what viewer I choose, some of the JPG file are
corrupt and distorted. Sometimes some of the corrupt file
correct themselve after I remove the floppy and reinsert
it again. I've ran chkdsk also and no problem was found
with this utility. I think this problem began when I
upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP but I'm not sure of
it. I'm a novice user, can you help me?

Thank You,

Ed
 
Can the jpgs that you write to floppy be read/viewed successfully on
another computer? Are you having any problems reading disks you (or
someone else) wrote previously? One of the problems with sorting out
floppy read/write problems is that Windows OSes since 98 cache floppy
disks in such a way that you cannot reliably know whether a file was
written correctly without ejecting and reinserting the disk. If you
write a file to a floppy and then immediately read it back, you do not
actually read anything from the floppy (if you are observant, you will
notice that the file appears too fast and the floppy is not accessed).
Even using Copy /V from the command line does not bypass the cache.
You can have an almost totally unwriteable (because damaged) floppy
disk, and, provided that the boot and directory sectors are readable
and valid, you will be able to "write" to it, and then "read back"
what you "wrote" - only when you eject it and reinsert it (thus
clearing the cache) will you find that your file wasn't really saved.
If changing the drive has not helped, I would suspect either a bad
batch of disks (you can get these - even from good mfrs) or a bad
floppy controller (on the motherboard).

My problem is that my JPG files are getting corrupt on my
A: drive. I've ran, "Norton, McAfee, Zone Alarm,
Spysweeper, and KazzarBegone" but neither is resolving
this problem. I've even purchased a new floppy drive and
still have the same problem. When I first copy the
pictures to a newly formated floppy and view the
pictures, they are fine. The problem begins only when I
remove the floppy from the drive and reinsert it. Then no
matter what viewer I choose, some of the JPG file are
corrupt and distorted. Sometimes some of the corrupt file
correct themselve after I remove the floppy and reinsert
it again. I've ran chkdsk also and no problem was found
with this utility. I think this problem began when I
upgraded my OS from Win98 to WinXP but I'm not sure of
it. I'm a novice user, can you help me?

Thank You,

Ed
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Peter R. Fletcher
 
Thanks for the reply.
I tried reading the floppy on my laptop and images are
distorted. I will check and see if it's the floppy
controller.
 
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