Re: Disk needs to be formatted

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:00:09 -0600

If the floppy wasn't damaged already, you may have done the damage by
attempting to open a Word file directly. *Always* copy to the HD first, then
open from there. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Jean-Guy Marcil" <no-spam@leaveme.alone> wrote in message
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> Sorry Christine,
>
> In my experience, unless you have a backup somewhere, you can kiss your
> story goodbye! Your floppy is now corrupt.
> I think there are some retrieval tools that are still around... (not many
> people use floppies anymore), maybe someone will suggest one. Even so,
> chances are pretty dim.
>
> Floppies can easily get corrupted, this is why, as you have just
discovered,
> it is a very bad idea to use them as storage. I only use them (rarely)
when
> transporting stuff, never as storage. Even so, I usually use CD-R... even
if
> I do not need 600 Mb, they are so cheap and way more reliable than
floppies.
> In fact, if you buy a computer tomorrow, chances are that there will not
> even be a floppy drive on it unless you ask for it.
>
> --
> Cheers!
> _______________________________________
> Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
> jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO
> Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org
>
>
> "Christine" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message
de
> news: 221AC003-F9DF-46DB-9F45-FB040BB092D0@microsoft.com...
> > I've been having a problem with my disks lately (they're old--1.44 mb).
I
> went to access a story on one and it told me I couldn't access the A drive
> and that the disk needs to be formatted.  What does this mean and how can
I
> fix it?  Is the information on the disk retrievable?  Help!!!!
>
>

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