Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2 inch
floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is happening?

In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
> inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is
> happening?

Restore meaning what, exactly?
Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard drive? Are
you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen with all floppies, and
does it happen with *this* floppy on any other computer)?

Lori wrote:
> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2 inch
> floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is happening?

Bad floppy drive?

Or possibly your computer is SO underpowered that the mere act of
running the drive sends it over the edge.

I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my computer. I
took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out any problems.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
> > inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is
> > happening?
>
> Restore meaning what, exactly?
> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard drive? Are
> you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen with all floppies, and
> does it happen with *this* floppy on any other computer)?
>
>
>

In news:F7D956B4-837B-43B5-A5BD-(E-Mail Removed),
Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my
> computer. I
> took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out any
> problems.

Do other floppies work on this one? You see where I'm going here, I'm sure.

You might simply try getting another floppy drive - even a USB-attached
external one.

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
>> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
>>> inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is
>>> happening?
>>
>> Restore meaning what, exactly?
>> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard
>> drive? Are you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen with
>> all floppies, and does it happen with *this* floppy on any other
>> computer)?

I tried a usb external floppy drive, went to restore the backup again with
the external drive computer rebooted. I am at a loss now. Is there any hope
in fixing this?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:F7D956B4-837B-43B5-A5BD-(E-Mail Removed),
> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my
> > computer. I
> > took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out any
> > problems.
>
> Do other floppies work on this one? You see where I'm going here, I'm sure.
>
> You might simply try getting another floppy drive - even a USB-attached
> external one.
>
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
> >> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> >>> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
> >>> inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is
> >>> happening?
> >>
> >> Restore meaning what, exactly?
> >> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard
> >> drive? Are you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen with
> >> all floppies, and does it happen with *this* floppy on any other
> >> computer)?
>
>
>

In news:CC389317-C2FB-4333-8F4D-(E-Mail Removed),
Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> I tried a usb external floppy drive, went to restore the backup again
> with the external drive computer rebooted. I am at a loss now. Is
> there any hope in fixing this?

Can you copy the contents of this floppy disk to your hard drive? On your
computer? On *any* computer? If so, try your restore operation from there,
rather than accessing the floppy directly.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:F7D956B4-837B-43B5-A5BD-(E-Mail Removed),
>> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>> I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my
>>> computer. I
>>> took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out any
>>> problems.
>>
>> Do other floppies work on this one? You see where I'm going here,
>> I'm sure.
>>
>> You might simply try getting another floppy drive - even a
>> USB-attached external one.
>>
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
>>>> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>>>> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
>>>>> inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this
>>>>> is happening?
>>>>
>>>> Restore meaning what, exactly?
>>>> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard
>>>> drive? Are you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen
>>>> with all floppies, and does it happen with *this* floppy on any
>>>> other computer)?

Now there is another computer in the office that this is happening to. She
had a multiple disk quickbooks backup she was trying to restore to her
computer. Rebooted computer after second disk and then on another try
rebooted after third. We took the backup and restored it to another computer
with no problems. Is this possibly some sort of bug or virus and if so my
antivirus isn't picking it up and how do I fix it otherwise?

"Lori" wrote:

> I tried a usb external floppy drive, went to restore the backup again with
> the external drive computer rebooted. I am at a loss now. Is there any hope
> in fixing this?
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In news:F7D956B4-837B-43B5-A5BD-(E-Mail Removed),
> > Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > > I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my
> > > computer. I
> > > took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out any
> > > problems.
> >
> > Do other floppies work on this one? You see where I'm going here, I'm sure.
> >
> > You might simply try getting another floppy drive - even a USB-attached
> > external one.
> >
> > >
> > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
> > >> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > >>> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3 1/2
> > >>> inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why this is
> > >>> happening?
> > >>
> > >> Restore meaning what, exactly?
> > >> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard
> > >> drive? Are you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen with
> > >> all floppies, and does it happen with *this* floppy on any other
> > >> computer)?
> >
> >
> >

In news:21CE8190-F039-4DFA-AA94-(E-Mail Removed),
Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Now there is another computer in the office that this is happening
> to. She had a multiple disk quickbooks backup she was trying to
> restore to her computer. Rebooted computer after second disk and
> then on another try rebooted after third. We took the backup and
> restored it to another computer with no problems. Is this possibly
> some sort of bug or virus and if so my antivirus isn't picking it up
> and how do I fix it otherwise?

Hard to say. I so rarely use floppies for anything like this, I'm not sure
what to tell you - other than, try not using floppies!
>
> "Lori" wrote:
>
>> I tried a usb external floppy drive, went to restore the backup
>> again with the external drive computer rebooted. I am at a loss
>> now. Is there any hope in fixing this?
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In news:F7D956B4-837B-43B5-A5BD-(E-Mail Removed),
>>> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>>> I am usually trying to restore a backup into a program on my
>>>> computer. I
>>>> took the floppy to a different computer and it restored with out
>>>> any problems.
>>>
>>> Do other floppies work on this one? You see where I'm going here,
>>> I'm sure.
>>>
>>> You might simply try getting another floppy drive - even a
>>> USB-attached external one.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In news:1FBA7D36-882E-48B4-851D-(E-Mail Removed),
>>>>> Lori <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>>>>> Recently when I've been trying to restore information from a 3
>>>>>> 1/2 inch floppy my computer will reboot. Any suggestions on why
>>>>>> this is happening?
>>>>>
>>>>> Restore meaning what, exactly?
>>>>> Are you just trying to copy files from the floppy to your hard
>>>>> drive? Are you sure it's a good floppy (as in, does this happen
>>>>> with all floppies, and does it happen with *this* floppy on any
>>>>> other computer)?