2006-08-26 07:03:34 · 7 answers · asked by seeotterdee 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The floppy disk can become damaged or demagnetized or the drive itself could be the problem.
Cheap floppy disks have a habit of just becoming unusable all of a sudden. This can be from time, heat or even a light magnetic field.
Floppy drives can suddenly give out too.
I would make sure your drive is working properly by using a different disk in it.
2006-08-26 07:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by joseFFF 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Floppy disks wear out easily. You could try another PC. You can also get a cleaning kit for the floppy drive. It may help.
2006-08-26 14:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This seems to be pretty common. What I do: Reboot / Format another floppy just to make the drive work. Then try your data floppy again. Don't be in a hurry to pitch it or reformat it, the problem is in the drive 'read'.
Play around with it... it will read eventually.
Once it does, copy it to your hard drive then back to another floppy.
Good Luck
2006-08-26 14:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by pappy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's happened to me before. The disk most have gotten damage or the files on it got corrupted, which is why it is asking to format the disk. Sorry but it looks like you lost what was on the disk, hopefully you have a backup of the files on the computer or on another disk.
2006-08-26 14:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Floppy disks are known for their unreliability. That's why everyone is switching to flash drives.
2006-08-26 14:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Floppies are like magnetic tapes, if you have them say near your computer speakers, humid place, mobile phones, they would just quit working. For all the backups use CD-R instead.
2006-08-26 14:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds like a problem i had when my floppy disk got de-magnatized
2006-08-26 14:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by rosary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋