Goffik
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Try formatting the disks before use. Right-click A: drive, click Format.
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pboltonchina
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Have you tried re-formatting them, they may have formatted to an older operating system. You've nothing to lose, try it.
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Little Jon's Web Portal
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Chances are the Write Protect tab is in the locked position.
However to format each disk do the following:
Open my computer right click on the a drive then click FORMAT.
You can quick format to save some time.
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Marky
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Try formatting them instead.
Right click on the floppy disc drive in My Computer and go to Format.
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affans05
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You realize they only have like 3.14 MB of space?
Okay now to your question: theres a PHYSICAL MANUAL switch on one corner of the floppy which either "locks" it or "unlocks" it.
When its in locked position (IE theres a hole right through it) then you cant write to it. Its protected.
*the lock position might be when theres no hole in it. I am not entirely sure i havnt used these disks in about 10 years.
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dick19532003
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check they arent write protected and then try full format if that doesnt work its probably not worth the effort to mess about with them as they are so cheap and to be honest out of date anyway now.
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Mark
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A floppy disk can only store 1.44MB of data. Almost all files are going to be bigger than that nowadays. An MP3 is normally about 4MB. A Word document will often be over 1.44MB.
There's a good reason no one uses them much anymore! (I've not even seen one in the last six years)
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Vi Wickam
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Actually, they only hold 1.44MB of space. Windows XP will read anything that was put on the disk using a Microsoft Operating System from DOS on, because it can read the file system.
If you can't save to the disk, there are 4 possibilities.
1. The file you are saving is bigger than the total disk space.
2. The disk is write protected. Check the tab at the top of the disk.
3. There are other files on the disk.
4. The disk is damaged.
You can format the disk to make sure it is clean.
- If you are unable to format it, the disk is either damaged or write protected.
- If you are still unable to save to the disk after formatting, chances are that the file you are saving is larger than 1.44 MB.
Thanks,
Vi Wickam
On-Site Computer Solutions
http://www.424help.com
Evans
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ALI
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Yes this is normall.
Just reformat the FD and scan it using the check disk in windws.. Defrag it and try again .. It will work with u
Good luck..
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D R
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They are old technology, throw them away and use Cd's or DVDs instead.
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thingindaswamp
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It all depends on what you are putting on the disk. floppy disks do not hold much memory. it is like 1.44 mb or something. try to use a disk or flashdrive.
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John D
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FLOPPY DISKS?
floppy disks are way out of use now a days and no body manufatures them any more. They are thin 4 or 5 inch square mostly black predessesors of diskettes used today.
Perhaps you're reffering to micro floppy disks which normally holds 1.44MB.
Depending on the date of manufacturing date, they may have outlived their usefulness. Or shelf life some may call it. Since they can't store data and retain it longer than 4 or 5 years. If they are older than 5 years, better get rid of them, they cant hold data much longer than what you'd normally want.
They also lose their data storing capability if they were stored within strong magnetic fields, since it is commonly known that you could erase or destroy data stored in it just by passing a Magnet bar on or over the plastic casing.
Or if they were previously stored on humid areas.
Or exposed to the heat for long periods of time.
Note also that some diskettes can't be read by other computers if it is not using the same formating as the first computer on which it was initially formated.
On some rare cases, only the computer which formerly used it could read and write it. Even if you reformat it with other computers regardless of the operating system on that PC.
On the worst case, what was actually failling was not the diskette, but it was your floppy disk drive all along. Have it checked by inserting brand new preformatted diskette. Or try inserting your "inherited" diskette into other computers other than yours. I mean 'computers' meaning, not just one, but several. At least three PC of the same OS as yours.
As to retrieving saved files on them, right click the floppy drive > properties > tools > error checking/check now > check the two box > start.
Then open. On the tools upper left of the window above, tools > properties > view > click 'show hidden files and folders & uncheck Show extention for known file types. > OK.
When you open the floppy you might see semi transparent files with coded names & ".chk" file extensions. They represent the recovered files, so they would vary in file sizes. Rename the file extensions to which ever you think those files are. It's a nasty biz of hit or miss forrenaming ".rar" for compressed files, ".doc"for MS Word 2003, ".docx" for documents from MS Word 2007, ".bmp or .jpeg or .gif etc." for pictures or images, etc. If it's a music file, it could be .wav, .wma, .mp3, mp4, etc.
Hope one of the above helps! Gud luck!
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aresee
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Floppy disks really have a limited lifespan and they may be corrupt but as others have said you could try and format (do a quick format) which will erase anything on them. Quite honestly, disks are so cheap that if you want to use this outdated method for saving, they are cheap enough to buy and I wouldnt risk saving what could be valuable data onto anything secondhand.
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