Floppy Error

[Guest]

When trying to access a floppy I am getting a "disk not formatted" message.
There is important information on these disks and I cannot re-format. This
started after upgrade to XP.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Mary Anne

Format some new floppies on the XP machine.. take them and the floppies
containing data to another machine and see if they can be read.. if they
can, copy the data from the old diskettes to the new ones.. now see if your
machine will read them..

 

[Guest]

Hi Mary-Anne,
Your Floppy Drive may n't configured in the new Upgrade, Go to Device
Manager and see your Floppy State, Right Click my Computer - Properties-
Device Manager and select the Floppy Drive Icon, Expand the Plus and click
Properties and see if the Driver Installed or n't or there's a Conflict in
the IRQ. If every thing Okay try to configure it in the BIOS, Press F2 and -
Advanced Drive Configuration, and do the appropriate from there.
Hope that helps
nass

 

[Galen]

In Mary-Anne had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

When trying to access a floppy I am getting a "disk not formatted"
message. There is important information on these disks and I cannot
re-format. This started after upgrade to XP.

In your setup utility (before you boot to the OS) enter it and find your
floppy drive. 99.9% of the time the BIOS is set to allow three mode floppy
support. Don't allow that, XP doesn't have the proper drivers. That should
fix it.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
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"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

 

[VManes]

Upgrade to XP is what caused the problem. XP does not properly support all
floppy drives - part of the Wintel conspiracy to drive us away from legacy
hardware (the parallel port is likewise poorly handled).

Best bet is to read the data on another, older system (Win98 or -ugh- WinME)
and transfer the files via network or email or burn to CD to get them to
the XP system. Wean yourself off floppies - CD-R/RW or a USB drive are
better ways to store and transport files today.

Val
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"We've secretly switched the dilithium crystals with new Folger's
Crystals...
let's watch what happens."
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When trying to access a floppy I am getting a "disk not formatted" message.
There is important information on these disks and I cannot re-format. This
started after upgrade to XP.