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Even more techno PC advice needed

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05 Mar 2016 10:12 #163374 by helijohn
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I have some old floppy disks - the 3" ones - about 100 with loads of info on them. I have a USB floppy disk drive but I need to know how to access the data. At the moment I get the format nonsense. I suspect the disks were used with W2000 though I had thought they were XP. Can I salvage the data? I tried looking for some recovery software but all I could find was "recovery" stuff. I need something to read the floppy and translate it to W7.

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05 Mar 2016 10:26 #163375 by mlines
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If they are windows disks, either MSDOS FAT or NTFS then they should be readable with the latest windows. Another way would be to mount them under Linux to see what can be read. They do become unreadable over time

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2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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05 Mar 2016 14:43 #163390 by helijohn
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mlines wrote: If they are windows disks, either MSDOS FAT or NTFS then they should be readable with the latest windows. Another way would be to mount them under Linux to see what can be read. They do become unreadable over time

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That's what I thought; I am sure they were done with XP or possibly W2000 but even so I have tried several and all the PC wants to do is format them for use. I hate computers. :angry:

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05 Mar 2016 15:21 #163392 by atnas666
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I imagine they have become corrupted after not being used for so long.. This I'm afraid it the down side to magnetic storage devices such as floppy disc's

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05 Mar 2016 15:31 #163393 by helijohn
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atnas666 wrote: I imagine they have become corrupted after not being used for so long.. This I'm afraid it the down side to magnetic storage devices such as floppy disc's


I never anticipated that they would fail as a result of age. :(

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