3.5" Floppy Problem

[mnfowler]

I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
files?

Thanks,
MNF

[E.P. van Westendorp]

Try to save the files on another computer with a different floppy drive
and operating system.
Judging by the many reported floppy problems Windows XP seems to have a
floppy bug.

--

Eric P. van Westendorp Tel: +31(0252)210579
Reigerslaan 22 2215NN Voorhout Netherlands

mnfowler wrote:
> I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
> disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
> I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
> the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
> it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
> files?
>
> Thanks,
> MNF

[Duncan]

Maybe -

Go to www.download .com and search on "file recovery". There may be a few
demo programs that will at least allow you to see if there are files that
can be recovered. Also, I have had the best luck with "Ontrack Easy
recovery" they have a demo program that will allow you to see if files can
be recovered, but not do the recovery. For that you need the purchased
version, which if I recall is pretty expensive. There may be others out
there that are cheaper and just as good though. It's a good starting point
though to at least see if data is recoverable.
http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/

Maybe somone else knows of some good freeware\shareware recovery software.






"mnfowler" > wrote in message
...
> I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
> disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
> I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
> the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
> it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
> files?
>
> Thanks,
> MNF

[Jake]

>-----Original Message-----
>Maybe -
>
>Go to www.download .com and search on "file recovery".
There may be a few
>demo programs that will at least allow you to see if
there are files that
>can be recovered. Also, I have had the best luck
with "Ontrack Easy
>recovery" they have a demo program that will allow you
to see if files can
>be recovered, but not do the recovery. For that you
need the purchased
>version, which if I recall is pretty expensive. There
may be others out
>there that are cheaper and just as good though. It's a
good starting point
>though to at least see if data is recoverable.
>http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/
>
>Maybe somone else knows of some good freeware\shareware
recovery software.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"mnfowler" > wrote in message
...
>> I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe
the
>> disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
>> I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and
get
>> the message that the disk has not been formatted or
that
>> it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to
those
>> files?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> MNF
>
>
>.
>Go to below website for many shareware or free restore
programs: PCWorld.com - Restorer v1.1
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22
525,00.asp

[Maureen Goldman]

>"mnfowler" > wrote:
>I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
>disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
>I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
>the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
>it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
>files?

Put the contents on a non-XP machine, then transfer to a floppy that
has been formatted via XP. It's VERY fussy. Or test out some other
floppies with the XP machine and use one that has its contents
recognized - about half of mine were considered acceptable, so when I
got my new computer I ended up dumping a bunch back and recopying.
Note: If you used a floppy extender program to create 1.6M floppies,
they won't be accepted.

[RalfG]

Apart from the other suggestions, floppy drives can go out of alignment over
time. The drive may still be able to format, read and write diskettes as it
goes beyond the tolerances (ie, you wouldn't notice a change) but other
diskette drives (especially new ones) will not be able to read those out of
spec diskettes.

"mnfowler" > wrote in message
...
> I have an old 3.5" floppy with files on it. I believe the
> disk was orginally formatted using Windows 9* or 2000.
> I'm now trying to save those off on an XP system and get
> the message that the disk has not been formatted or that
> it was formatted using MacIntosh. Any way to get to those
> files?
>
> Thanks,
> MNF