Did I destroy my floppy disk?

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Max Kohn

I have crucial information on my 3.5" disk. I
formatted it under Windows 2000. Then I put data
on it using a Windows 98 computer. That was all
fine. HOWEVER, yesterday on the Win98 computer,
I defragged the disk. Now on my Windows 2000 computer
I can't access the data. Says it's not formatted.
I believe this is because Win98 is FAT and Win2000
(at least on my computer) is NTFS. What can I do about
this? Someone help me. :(
 
Based upon the capacity of a floppy of less than 2MB, it is formatted as FAT, always.

Floppies are NOT trustworthy backup media and floppy drives go bad, usually from dust
build-up.

Unless there is a Norton/Symantec tool, I think you are SOL. Next time; format, check
disk and defrag. using the Win2K box.

Dave


| I have crucial information on my 3.5" disk. I
| formatted it under Windows 2000. Then I put data
| on it using a Windows 98 computer. That was all
| fine. HOWEVER, yesterday on the Win98 computer,
| I defragged the disk. Now on my Windows 2000 computer
| I can't access the data. Says it's not formatted.
| I believe this is because Win98 is FAT and Win2000
| (at least on my computer) is NTFS. What can I do about
| this? Someone help me. :(
 
You need to try to read the disk on the exact computer you used to put the
information on as well as the computer you used to format the disk with or
defrag.

In desperation, you might like to read the disk under linux using trinux, a
floppy install of linux. you can creaate the disk and boot it on an existing
machine without harming the windows install.

you may ave to do some reading.

-Matt
 
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