I needed to clear up some space and I had run out of cd's so I formatted an old 3 1/2 floppy and copied word docs and wps. on to the floppy.
Now I'm trying to open the documents I can see them but I get this error box:
X The disk in drive A: is not formatted properly. Please check the disk, and reformat if necessary.
*cancel******** try again ******* Continue
Is the info on the floppy lost to me or is there someway to recover it ?
2007-08-12 09:14:16 · 8 answers · asked by damron 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE OPENED IT BUT IT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN REFUSED
2007-08-12 10:05:06 · update #1
I had this happen to me with my memory card! It is really annoying, I know! It shouldn't have happened if you formatted your floppy, but maybe it didn't format properly. I ended up losing all of my pictures, but here are a few things I tried to do to recover them:
Try cleaning out your floppy drive first.
If that still doesnt work, try using a different computer.
As a last resort, you could research a file recovery site for floppys....I know they have some floppy recovery software out there. This I think would be your best option.
To prevent this from happening again, my suggestion would be to look into buying more memory for your computer.
Good Luck! I hope this helped!
2007-08-12 09:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances are the information is lost. But it's also possible that your floppy drive is not reading it properly.. best thing to do is one of 2 things.
# 1. Clean the disk drive. You can buy a drive cleaner at most computer stores.
# 2. Take your disk to another system that has a floppy drive. What doesn't read on one computer might read on another.
2007-08-12 09:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why it would do that, but I think there's companies where you can mail your broken or unusable hard drives/floppies/dvds etc and they can usually get the data off them, but I dont know how much they charge. did you leave your floppies next to a magnet or something? even tvs can sometimes mess those up.
2007-08-12 09:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is lost... since the floppy wasn't formatted properly. When using floppies you should always format before you use them just in case.
2007-08-12 09:20:01 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Y 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try it in another computer to see if it's just your drive maybe. Other than that, as far as i know, it's lost
2007-08-12 09:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by Iczer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try scandisk with the surface test option.
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2007-08-12 09:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the disk is either dirty or corrupt. try opening them on another computer
2007-08-12 09:19:37 · answer #7 · answered by damn onion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry mate, u hav lost it. perhaps u could try gettin a usb flash drive, i cant reccomend ne1, i from uk. perhaps try a data recovery utility, but, basically, its lost, hope it helps. btw i 12.
2007-08-12 09:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by MJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋