i have an exterternal floppy drive that i am using. It was working fine and now it says "disks needs formatting" Formatting will erase all the data I am trying to copy over. I tried to format one, and then it says the disc cant be formatted. All the disks are picture disks and say on them that they are already formatted. They are my personal pictures so there are no copyrights or anything. What's going on and how can i fix this so the discs can be read?
2006-07-14 06:11:48 · 8 answers · asked by coloradosnoflake2 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
First would be to try the disks in another computer to verify they are not bad. Second would be to unplug and replug the floppy drive and try again. Third would be to try a simple reboot to see if this fixes it. If non of this works would suspect the external floppy of going bad and would need to be replaced as long as the disks check out fine on another computer.
Hope this helps
2006-07-14 06:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by hardirish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those floppy discs don't last very long. If it says it needs formatting, then it has to be erased, or you can't the disc anymore. After awhile of using them, you should copy them onto your C drive, and then re-format the floppy, so you can use it again. Why don't you stop using those things, and buy CD-Roms? They hold much more data, and are much more dependable.
2006-07-14 06:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Erica T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely. verify to substantiate the floppy isnt write-probability-free. There should be a touch nitch on the right (cant keep in techniques if its on the right or left section) that ought to slip up and all the way down to mark it waiting in basic terms or writable. attempt switching that to ascertain in case you are able to format. i surely use the USB flash drives. they're very handy and ought to carry a ton extra then floppys. Mine is 512mb. A floppy holds a million.44mb or there abouts. So in case you imagine about it, it should be lots a lot less complicated to carry a small flashpersistent then 250 floppy disks!!! a 512mb fee round 20$ if on sale. Smaller reminiscence sizes are much more cost-effective. desire this enables!
2016-10-14 11:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by jackson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the disc somehow got damaged... maybe its time to upgrade to a USB flash stick/thumb drive.
2006-07-14 06:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by Jason 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a new floppy if now it says same thing then change your floppy drive
2006-07-16 18:39:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem:hmmm,try to go to a specialist in computers.
He must know what to do.
2006-07-14 06:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by ice_ovidiu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might some virus or internal prob of ur cam get it checked by ur comuter enginer
2006-07-14 06:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by Sarvadaman V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they are old disks they are probably FAT or FAT 32 and your system XP NTFS cant read them
2006-07-14 06:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋