Need help getting information off a floppy disk

[xxizzer421xx]

Well i had a huge project saved on my floppy disk and it will not bring it up, i try to bring it up and it first says Data error (cycle redundancy check) then i press ok and then it says 'A:/' is not accessible. The disk is not recognized. It may not be formatted... what duos this meen and is their any way i can just get the info off of my disk and save it onto something els please help thanks

 

[constantmotion]

There is really no way to get it off.......that's why floppy disks are getting obselete.

Here's some suggestions

* Make sure you use high-quality media of the right type for your floppy disk drive. Using poor quality media can lead to problems.
* Try ejecting and then reinserting the disk. You'd be surprised how often this fixes the problem.
* There may be dirt or dust on the surface of the disk. Sometimes tapping the edge of the disk on a hard surface a few times will loosen whatever is causing the problem and let you read the disk. I would recommend emptying its contents to a hard disk subdirectory and then discarding the floppy in favor of a new one.
* Clean the floppy drive read heads. Dirty heads can cause read errors, especially if this is occurring with more than one disk.
* Make sure the floppy drive types are properly set up in the system BIOS.
* Try the problem disk in a different PC, if available. Try other disks in this drive. Sometimes a disk will work fine in one floppy but not in another. If you find that one particular drive always has problems reading disks then continue here.
* Try using a different brand of media. Some drives don't seem to like some brands of disks but work better with other ones.
* You can "repair" a damaged disk by using a disk utility such as Microsoft's Scandisk or Norton's Disk Doctor to mark the unreadable sectors as bad and allow the rest of the disk to be used. The data in the bad sector is still lost, but the rest of the file will be recoverable. Such a file should be treated as corrupted--after all, part of it somewhere is missing--and really, using it should only be as a last resort if there is no backup around. Ideally you are using floppies only as secondary storage and can just use the original, clean copy stored on the hard disk. I do not recommend reusing a floppy disk after it starts showing read errors.

 

[binaryterror]

Knoppix might be able to help too...

 

[SACCO]

what is a floppy disk?


Is it a CD with ED?

 

[damion289]

No no.. A floppy disc is what old men have.. .that's why they need Viagra....j/k

I think you're screwed.. :-(

 

[xxizzer421xx]

hmm i am not sure it says the disk has not been formatted or it has been formatted with a mcintosh but i tried opening it with a macintosh urlier today

 

[GUERO4X4]

floppy disks really mess up.. most of the time it gets corrupted... my advice is to get a USB flash drive... you can get some for 10 bucks nowadays..

 

[Robb]

Holy crap!! I haven't seen a person use a floppy in years!:shock:

As mentioned, the data is probably gone.:-(

Before starting over, go buy yourself a cheap USB flash drive.............and save twice every few minutes. Once on your HDD, and again on your flash.

 

[xxizzer421xx]

You know guys it was givin to me in school so i had somthing to save my repot on if i had any thing els i would of used somthing different

 

[Shaun]

1. Throw floppy disk in trash.
2. Go to store.
3. Buy thumb drive.
4. Problem fixed.

Floppy drives are OLD.

 

[xxizzer421xx]

OBVIOUSLY i have shit on their that i need

 

[Unholy]

OBVIOUSLY i have shit on their that i need

What people are trying to tell you is:

You DO NOT have a project saved on the disk.
You thought you saved it, or you did, but didn't format the disk first.
It's not there anymore or more than likely, it never was.

 

[xxizzer421xx]

It is to thier, I just ran a demo on a recovery thing for the disk and it says it is thier, i know it is theirit worked ffine and i rebrought it up after i saved it on their

 

[F250]

It is to thier, I just ran a demo on a recovery thing for the disk and it says it is thier, i know it is theirit worked ffine and i rebrought it up after i saved it on their

You must be getting really stressed! Your spelling is getting worse.:razz:

 

[TunaMaxx]

Here's the methods I have gone through in the past, with the greatest chance of success first:

• Try the 'bad' disk in another drive on a different computer if you have one available. If the computer reads it, copy off any info IMMEDIATELY and vow never to use a floppy again.

or...

• Hold the disk between your thumb and fingers with both hands... almost like it was a small, flat steering wheel. Then GENTLY tweak the disk back and forth a couple times. They can bind up causing the computer to think it's dead; this little massage can free it up and may make it usable. Again, If the computer reads it, copy off any info IMMEDIATELY and vow never to use a floppy again.

or...

• Use a boot disk to boot into into DOS, then try and read your 'bad' floppy from there. I don't know why, but many times disks that Windows says are junk can be read just fine in good old fashioned DOS. Again, If the computer reads it, copy off any info IMMEDIATELY and vow never to use a floppy again.

or...

• Now we're getting desperate. Try downloading something like Disktest PRO 1.3 and see if it can help out. I don't know anything about that software, but it's linked from Tucows, so it's prolly OK. Again, If the computer reads it, copy off any info IMMEDIATELY and vow never to use a floppy again.

or...

• Panic time. If the data on the disk is really important, go to [GRC.com and buy SpinRite. If anything is going to save the data, it will. Again, If the computer reads it, copy off any info IMMEDIATELY and vow never to use a floppy again.

No guarantees on these, but some (or all) have worked for me in the past.

No, having said all that... NEVER, EVER, EVER use floppy disks for anything you remotely care about. This is 2007... Apple gave up on floppies back in 1999... almost a DECADE ago. Sorry... my little rant is over. Hopefully one of the suggestions I gave will work for.

If nothing else, you learned a valuable lesson today. :shock:

 

[F250]

Take a big magnet to it.






No I'm just kidding don't do that.

 

[Shaun]

It is to thier, I just ran a demo on a recovery thing for the disk and it says it is thier, i know it is theirit worked ffine and i rebrought it up after i saved it on their

Jesus Christ! its THERE.

Their means it belongs to some one.

Pass this test.
http://www.better-english.com/easier/theyre.htm

 

[samson_simpson]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[TunaMaxx]

They're over there by their dead floppies... ;-)

 

[binaryterror]

Floppies are awesome...