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| Thread ID: 40840 | 2003-12-20 04:08:00 | Floppy disk troubles. | Newteach (4990) | Press F1 |
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| 201897 | 2003-12-20 04:08:00 | I am currently having trouble copying files from a desktop PC to my relatively new Laptop. I can upload files, (of any size so not a size problem), onto the 1.44mb floppy disk but when it comes to copying the file onto my laptop I get the following error message. TMaxHugeFile.Fetch(A:filename)failed Win32 Error. code2. Data error (Cyclic redundancy check) error# 1001 This drive is inaccessible Aborting. This doesn't happen all the time..but it is getting more frequently. Can someone help me with the following questions. 1. Is this a problem with the Laptop floppy drive? 2. Is it possible to fix this problem? 3. If no how much is it to install a new floppy drive into my laptop? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Brett. |
Newteach (4990) | ||
| 201898 | 2003-12-20 04:50:00 | can you not network the two puters ? most laptops got network and easy to install network card in desky | drcspy (146) | ||
| 201899 | 2003-12-20 04:57:00 | Ahh sounds like a plan but its a bit above my capibilities and know how I'm afraid. But I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion. I have another computer in the house which I might look at raiding. Brett. |
Newteach (4990) | ||
| 201900 | 2003-12-20 09:05:00 | You could try copying the data from your floppy disk to your other computer to determine whether the fault is with the disk or laptop's floppy drive . If there is a fault with the floppy drive on your "newish" laptop it should be covered under the warranty and fixed for you at no charge . There is info on networking at the forum's Networking FAQ available from the link top right of this page . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 201901 | 2003-12-20 19:40:00 | It sounds like the floppy drive, however it could be the disk. Firstly try one of those disk-cleaning kits, and see if it helps. If not, try getting some new floppy disks and seeing if they have the same problems. Installing new floppy drives in a laptop can get expensive, but if your laptop is "newish" and still currently under warranty, they should do it free of charge. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 201902 | 2003-12-22 04:29:00 | This could be a head alignment problem. That means that the heads of the different drives are not agreeing on where the tracks are on the disks. Unfortunately, it's not something you can fix. Try writing and reading on different machines to identify the problem drive. Cleaning the heads is unlikely to fix the problem, but it won't do any harm. :D This might work: Format some floppies on the laptop. Full format, not "quick", because we want to write the identification information on all the sectorsnot just "wipe" the disk. Then write them on the other machine. This often works when the misalignment is not too bad. The data bits will still be out of line, but the timing and identification stuff is there, and that makes reading easier. This is a good idea when plannning to do some copying between machines ... always make sure the floppies have been formatted on the destination machine. If the source machine can't write to such a floppy, you've got a problem anyway. :D |
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