Re: 3 1/2" in floppy..xp says not formatted and I know it has data on


"TaylorsNana" <TaylorsNana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an old floppy that has some data on it that is important to me. I
put
it in tonight and xp says disc needs to be formatted and won't let me do
anything exept choose yes or no. I think if I choose yes it will erase
what
is on the disc. This disc worked a couple of yrs ago. Anyone have any
ideas?

Floppy disks are notorious for becoming unreadable after
a period of time. They must not be used for backup purposes.
Use a hard disk in an external USB case (best), a flash disk
(just as good) or a CD/DVD.

You ***may*** be able to read your disk on somebody else's
floppy disk drive.


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