After downloading a game online, my floppy disk said "needs formatting" - help - I need the data on that!

Question

The floppy was perfectly okay before I downloaded the game. Suddenly the data can't be seen. Is there anyway I can retrieve it? Thank you!

Answer 1

use badcopy software for this it is recover the data from floppy
http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/

Answer 2

For Windows XP

Begin by placing the floppy disk that you want to copy into your floppy drive.

Double click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop until it opens.

Then gently click on the 3½ Floppy (A:) icon just until it becomes highlighted.

Then click on the word File, which is contained in your top tool bar area.

This will pull down a menu for you to now click on the word Format.

By default, Windows XP will perform a Full Format upon your floppy disk.

If you want to perform a Quick format, then place a check mark next to the Quick Format option.

You can also label your Floppy by typing a name into the Volume label white area.

After making your selections, click on the Start button to initiate the format process.

Windows will warn that Formatting will erase all data on your disk, click the OK button to continue.

A progress indicator bar will travel across the screen for depicting the Format progress.

Windows will notify you when the Format is complete. Click on the OK button to close this window.

Then close all open windows to return back to your Windows session.