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| 528155 | 2007-02-25 23:14:00 | Hi there! My new FDD can't read the old disks, made on the other PC. Any suggestions? thanks |
taly (5956) | ||
| 528156 | 2007-02-25 23:17:00 | Well the disk is either stuffed or something. Or the floppy is. Or if u put the floppy drive in yourself the cable is round the wrong way. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 528157 | 2007-02-26 02:37:00 | I've heard that floppy disks have an abysmal lifespan. Maybe they're corroded or something. | Greg (193) | ||
| 528158 | 2007-02-26 03:15:00 | Is the file format the same? Are both pc's formated (therefore the desk will be formated) to NTFS or FAT32. Doesn't matter which as long as they are the same. Not sure if this is common but I have had this problem with this cause before. There is no solution that I found. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 528159 | 2007-02-26 03:57:00 | You don't usually format floppies in NTFS. And the only prob you'll have, is if you're trying to read NTFS hdd's (not floppies), on something like Win 98/ME (or under) - thats without some kind of program. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 528160 | 2007-02-26 04:01:00 | You don't usually format floppies in NTFS. Yeah I learnt that one the hard way, its not usual but it is possible. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 528161 | 2007-02-26 04:20:00 | Faulty disk - if it works on one PC and not the other then thats not the problem, its most likely faulty drive. If faulty drive, either the cable is not connected correctly or the drive is stuffed. Mitsumi floppy drives seem to have a high failure rate, panasonics go for ages. As for NTFS: All floppy disks are formatted in the FAT12 version of the file system; this is the oldest flavor of FAT and is sufficient for the small capacity of floppies. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 528162 | 2007-02-26 04:37:00 | I have struck this before The old drive may have been out of spec but could read what it wrote. The new :"in spec drive" can not read the out of spec data. If you write a floppy on the new drive and then read that data, it proves that the new drive is OK and the problem is back to badly written data on the old drive. The only way to recover is to put the old drive in as the "B:" drive and hopefully copy the data back to A: Don't hold your breathe HH |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 528163 | 2007-02-26 04:50:00 | A fair chance you have tracking differences between the old floppy drive and the new floppy drive. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 528164 | 2007-02-26 13:19:00 | "re both pc's formated (therefore the desk will be formated) to NTFS or FAT32. Doesn't matter which as long as they are the same.".................this is totally irrelevant as to what file system is on each puter.......completely wrong direction to lead this person..........of COURSE floppies created on a ntfs system can be read on a fat32 and vice versa........ check the disk on another pc if it cant be read then it's probably died floppies do that quite often and are NOT to be trusted with valuable info......also ......is the light on permanetly on the floppy drive itself if so you have the cable backwards.... |
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