I have some digital performer files I composed and saved on several 3 1/2" floppy disks about 10 years ago. the disks were originally formatted on mac and the files can only be read by a mac-only program. inserting the disks into the floppy drive of a PC only gives me a prompt to format, which I obviously don't want to do. I tried accessing the files by plugging in an external USB floppy drive into a mac, and after several attempts on several different macs (all had OSX) with several floppy drives, it seems like OSX doesn't like to acknowledge floppy drives.
I'm almost positive that the files are still in good condition on the disks (they were stored well) and I'm very anxious to access those files, since I once again have access to the program that utilizes those files. the files are songs I composed about 10 years ago, but I hadn't recorded them to any audio media. now I'd like to convert them to mp3 files.
any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
2006-10-27 19:30:48 · 4 answers · asked by skippythefrog 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
any idea how I could find access to a mac with OS 9.0 or earlier?
2006-10-28 13:19:14 · update #1
Like the first post stated. However, it must be able to accept the floppy disks and running with OS 9 or earlier (up to around 8 or 8.5 should be about right). from there, you might need the right program to play/convert those files into MP3. ...Hope this helps.
....Good luck.
Edit...
Go to ebay.com and search for a PPC 7200 thru 9500, and then search for OS 9 again. I'm sure you can find several without spending too much in order to retrieve your files.
2006-10-28 04:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by chad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad disk you're probably s.o.l. Go download pc inspector file recovery (link below). It's free too, just read carefully. After it's installed then insert your diskette and have pc inspector do a scan of the disk. Be careful not to scan your hard drive or you will be there all day long. I warn you that you may end up with corrupted files if you get anything back at all, but it's better than the nothing you have right now.
2016-05-22 02:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might actualy find a file conversion to a windows format, but mac os is the best bet.
2006-10-27 19:40:11 · answer #3 · answered by bacladantu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy an old Mac on Ebay
2006-10-27 19:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by Foss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋