Notepad file on floppy disk.

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I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.

Please help!!
 
Rahul Singh said:
I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.

Please help!!
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Maybe the floppy disk is unreadable. We can't
really tell you unless you report the exact error
message you see when opening the file. Note
that floppy disks are notorious for failing. Use
a flash disk instead!
 
I can access the remainingr files on the floppy.

When I click on this file, there is lot of noise
reading the floppy. After a while, the noise stops.
 
Bad cluster on the disk. Try it on some other
machines, then throw it out. Stone age technology.
 
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!
 
I got the following error while performing the copy.

C: > copy a:\notes\crypto.txt c:
Error performing inpage operation.
0 file (s) copied.


--
Rahul Singh


sali said:
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!
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How can I execute scandisk? Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


sali said:
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!
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I get the following error when I open the file.

Cannot open the A:\notes\crypto.txt file

Make sure a disk is in the drive you specified

The floppy makes noise even while functioning
properly. The only difference is that the noise is
for a longer period because it is searching for
the file.

Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


Rahul Singh said:
How can I execute scandisk? Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


sali said:
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!


Rahul Singh said:
I can access the remainingr files on the floppy.

When I click on this file, there is lot of noise
reading the floppy. After a while, the noise stops.

--
Rahul Singh


:


I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.

Please help!!
--
Rahul Singh
(e-mail address removed)

Maybe the floppy disk is unreadable. We can't
really tell you unless you report the exact error
message you see when opening the file. Note
that floppy disks are notorious for failing. Use
a flash disk instead!
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Click to expand...
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How else can I express it that your floppy disk is
damaged? The only chance you have to read your
file is to try it on some other machines - and it is a
slim chance. The noise your disk makes lasts longer
because Windows tries several times to read the
bad patch before giving up.

Throw it away!


Rahul Singh said:
I get the following error when I open the file.

Cannot open the A:\notes\crypto.txt file

Make sure a disk is in the drive you specified

The floppy makes noise even while functioning
properly. The only difference is that the noise is
for a longer period because it is searching for
the file.

Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


Rahul Singh said:
How can I execute scandisk? Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


sali said:
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!


I can access the remainingr files on the floppy.

When I click on this file, there is lot of noise
reading the floppy. After a while, the noise stops.

--
Rahul Singh


:


I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.

Please help!!
--
Rahul Singh
(e-mail address removed)

Maybe the floppy disk is unreadable. We can't
really tell you unless you report the exact error
message you see when opening the file. Note
that floppy disks are notorious for failing. Use
a flash disk instead!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.
Click to expand...

There is a very old freeware disk copier program for DOS called
HD-COPY. Surprisingly, it runs fine on XP, only a lot slower.

This program can be set to retry a hundred times when an error is
detected. Also, it will let you write the read data to a new floppy
even if it did not completely succeed in reading. That way, you can
make a rescue attempt without writing anything to the disk. If you're
lucky, you may get away with losing only a few bytes of the file.

I think you will find a download at simtel.net.

You should try several different computers. I have experienced several
times that a disk is unreadable on almost all machines, until I
suddenly find one that can read the disk properly.
 
[in reply to your prev post too]

xp introduces few software layers between process reading data [from floppy]
and physical floppy drive i/o [like buffering etc...], and it seems they all
refuse further reading on any error.

try reading floppy on some win98 computer [through command prompt copy].
win98 also has scandisk.exe tool for disk checking/repairing [it is under
accessory/systemtools]

as others mention, floppy is probably damaged, more or less, and you a
probably wasting your time.
but, nevertheless, there are tools [from old ms-dos days and old ibm/pc],
like disc-doctor, or norton utilities, which are realy capable of reading
even the smallest healty piece of data from damaged flopy.
since floppy is almost not supported media in new oses, there is lack of
tools for floppy recovering.

so, if you are realy interested, try to find win98 computer, boot it into
command prompt [no gui], and load old floppy utility, here is link example:

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/fdd/errorsData-c.html




Rahul Singh said:
How can I execute scandisk? Thanks.
--
Rahul Singh


sali said:
if you desperately need that file [and it is large enough], try copy from
cmd prompt.
copy from floppy [drive letter a:] to hard disk [drive letter c:]
if part of file is unreadable, cmd prompt copy may offer you to skip damaged
part and copy the rest.
if your file is long, missing cluster [1000chars] and restoring the rest,
may be reasonable compromise.
as a last resort, try scandisk [it is a part of win98], maybe it may restore
even lost cluster, in case cluster is not completely damaged
[cluster is a volume unit on disk, if just one cluster damaged, usualy
system refuses to read the rest]

from the past century, when floppy were widely used, there are tools to
recover data from damaged discs. but again, try this only if file is realy
important.
in most cases it is easier to re-type text file from printout than waste
time trying to recover damaged floppy!


Rahul Singh said:
I can access the remainingr files on the floppy.

When I click on this file, there is lot of noise
reading the floppy. After a while, the noise stops.

--
Rahul Singh


:


I saved a txt file using notepad. Now I get the
name of the file, its size and time it was saved.
However, it can not read the file.

Please help!!
--
Rahul Singh
(e-mail address removed)

Maybe the floppy disk is unreadable. We can't
really tell you unless you report the exact error
message you see when opening the file. Note
that floppy disks are notorious for failing. Use
a flash disk instead!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I saved a txt file using notepad file on a floppy disk.
It had 220,225 bytes. I could not open the file on a
couple of machines as suggested by Robert.

As suggested by sali, I looked for scandisk. Based on
Wikipedia entry, I found that chkdsk is the same as
scandisk and my machine had chkdsk.

I followed wikipedia instructions to execute it in such a
way that it recovers problematic sectors. I have my
file after the recovery. It still makes lot of noise reading
the file. So I copied it and the noise is gone.

Never say never.

Thanks sali and Rolland.
 
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