Solve : floppy drive question?

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Answer» I realize that no one USES floppy drives much anymore. But I have some info on a floppy that I'd LIKE to access but when I try to run the disks all I ever get is a message saying the floppy isn't formatted. I think the problem is the info on the disk was created when I had my old machine running win98 and now I'm running xp home on a new machine. Is there any way to access those old FLOPPIES?The fact that the file(s) on the floppy were created an a Win 98 machine would not prevent Win XP from recognizing the files. Do you still have your old 98 machine? If not, can you get permission to use someone else's computer to see whether you can access the files? Does your new machine read any floppy disks? XP hates floppy drives! kidding aside, my 98 was always more RELIABLE reading the A-Drive than my XP. I get the same problem but usually it just takes one or two times taking the disk out and reinserting it to get it working. Pete Quote XP hates floppy drives! Imagine trying to get it work on Windows Vista I have like 20 floppy drives. About 5 of them work on my XP. If I put another one in my computer, it says it needs to be formatted but half way through the format, my computer crashes...floppy disks are SO unreliable. They are like cassette tapes in one respect... magnetic fields can erase them. If you store them on (or near!) a loudspeaker, TV set, CRT monitor, etc they can become erased. Also high temperatures can do this. In tropical locations mold growth can make them useless! The operating system has nothing to do with it. Also drive compatibility is an issue. Disks written or formatted in one drive can be unreadable in a different drive. It may be worthwhile trying a different floppy drive & if successful transferring the data to a CDROM or USB pen drive. What I've found in the past...sometimes is the head alignment on the drive that the data was copied to is different than the drive that is trying to read it. One solution is to pull the fdd from the old machine and put it in the new. Another is to plug in a flash drive on the 98 box (you'll need drivers) then copy that to a flash drive / then to the XP box. Alan <>< If you save data on a floppy in a Mac using Mac format and then try to read them in a machine with MS operating system they won't be recognised. They will seem like they are unformatted.I don't have my old machine any more, so I guess I'm just screwed. I will keep on trying thoough. Thanks for all the advice. MwrCan you try it on another computer, any computer? Yes I have several friends that I can tryopening it up on. That is my NEXT plan of action.

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I realize that no one USES floppy drives much anymore. But I have some info on a floppy that I'd LIKE to access but when I try to run the disks all I ever get is a message saying the floppy isn't formatted.
I think the problem is the info on the disk was created when I had my old machine running win98 and now I'm running xp home on a new machine. Is there any way to access those old FLOPPIES?The fact that the file(s) on the floppy were created an a Win 98 machine would not prevent Win XP from recognizing the files. Do you still have your old 98 machine? If not, can you get permission to use someone else's computer to see whether you can access the files? Does your new machine read any floppy disks? XP hates floppy drives! kidding aside, my 98 was always more RELIABLE reading the A-Drive than my XP. I get the same problem but usually it just takes one or two times taking the disk out and reinserting it to get it working.

Pete

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XP hates floppy drives!

Imagine trying to get it work on Windows Vista

I have like 20 floppy drives. About 5 of them work on my XP.
If I put another one in my computer, it says it needs to be formatted but half way through the format, my computer crashes...floppy disks are SO unreliable. They are like cassette tapes in one respect... magnetic fields can erase them. If you store them on (or near!) a loudspeaker, TV set, CRT monitor, etc they can become erased. Also high temperatures can do this. In tropical locations mold growth can make them useless! The operating system has nothing to do with it. Also drive compatibility is an issue. Disks written or formatted in one drive can be unreadable in a different drive. It may be worthwhile trying a different floppy drive & if successful transferring the data to a CDROM or USB pen drive.
What I've found in the past...sometimes is the head alignment on the drive that the data was copied to is different than the drive that is trying to read it. One solution is to pull the fdd from the old machine and put it in the new. Another is to plug in a flash drive on the 98 box (you'll need drivers) then copy that to a flash drive / then to the XP box.

Alan <>< If you save data on a floppy in a Mac using Mac format and then try to read them in a machine with MS operating system they won't be recognised. They will seem like they are unformatted.I don't have my old machine any more, so I guess I'm just screwed. I will keep on trying thoough. Thanks for all the advice.
MwrCan you try it on another computer, any computer? Yes I have several friends that I can tryopening it up on. That is my NEXT plan of action.

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