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| Thread ID: 69836 | 2006-06-13 22:25:00 | Recovering Corrupt Files | CaptinMoor (8392) | Press F1 |
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| 462886 | 2006-06-13 22:25:00 | I there guys. I have a 3.5" floppy disc that some has asked me to try and recover some files from. I put the disc in A:\ but computer comes up with there is a error on the disc and cannot read it. I understand that the disc is corrupt but is there anyway that I can look at excatly what is on the disc, corroupt or not, with out bloody windows bossing me around thinking that it knows best. I just want to know if there are any fragments of files left on there. Any assistance with this problem would be super. Thanks |
CaptinMoor (8392) | ||
| 462887 | 2006-06-13 23:44:00 | TRy www.snapfiles.com |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 462888 | 2006-06-14 04:08:00 | As always, the first step is to remove the write protect tab: don't just open it, flick the tab out. ;) This should stop any software trying to "fix" it. Any Linux system (even a live CD version) can extract any data on the floppy. dd if=/dev/fd0 bs=512 of=floppy.bad will create a file with all the blocks. It won't have any file system ... but it's only a 1.44 MB file. But that pcinspector seems to be well regarded; I haven't used it, but try it first. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 462889 | 2006-06-14 04:58:00 | Thanks Guys. Once again posting an F1 Thread comes through due to the wealth of knowledge of its users. Thanks I reall appreciate all your help. If there was any way I could repay you I would. All the best :thumbs: :thumbs: |
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