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[Julia]

I've found an old floppy of mine and would like to see whats on it. However, whenever I try to open it, I'm told that the disk needs to be formatted. How can I see whats on the disk without having to format it?
Thanks

 

[Wolfman]

Julia,

If it says it needs to be formatted then there is not much that you can do. Are you sure there was something on there in the first place? It sounds like it may just be a blank unformatted disk. The other option is, did you ever have a Mac? It may be formatted for a Macintosh rather than PC.

Once a disk is formatted anything previously on there is deleted. So it looks like you're fighting a losing battle here. Sorry.

 

[Cass]

I have gotten that message when there is a problem with
the floppy drive. You might try it in another floppy drive
to see if that works.

-----Original Message-----
Julia,

If it says it needs to be formatted then there is not

much that you can do. Are you sure there was something on
there in the first place? It sounds like it may just be a
blank unformatted disk. The other option is, did you ever
have a Mac? It may be formatted for a Macintosh rather
than PC.

Once a disk is formatted anything previously on there is

deleted. So it looks like you're fighting a losing battle
here. Sorry.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Hi Julia,

You've already received good answers to your question, but since you are
asking in a Word newsgroup, I thought I would add ...

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries) this is a tough
prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted
disk each time you save and don't do any editing.

I've found an old floppy of mine and would like to see whats on it.

However, whenever I try to open it, I'm told that the disk needs to be
formatted. How can I see whats on the disk without having to format it?