Help...Dodgy floppy disks

[Rougvie]

If you have a floppy disk that you can no longer read, is there any way of restoring the information held on the disk ?

Ive got some extremely important stuff on a really old disk that every time I insert into the pc it does nothing for 5 mins and then comes up with the 'Do you want to reformat disk blah blah blah...

Anyone help ?

 

[Marc]

sounds like its f***ed and WHY are you living in the stone age still?!

Try doing a google search for "repair floppy disks" or something as I'm sure there used to be tools that could aid you....but that was 10 years ago or so!

 

[REDLAND]

Norton Disk doctor is what ya want Paul, get a copy or source a company that can fix it for ya

But the answer is YES, the Fat is proably knackard bit of a bug bear with floppy disks !! but the data should still be there

 

[tinx]

YEah BLimey Rougers, I haven't had a floppy disk drive in my PC for five years.

Not much help am I.

Seriously though, I have used this software before, depends whats wrong with the disk though:-

http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/

 

[clapham_gull]

Before you do anything serious - try it on another PC, could be a fault with the drive.

 

[Rougvie]

Yeah, its a bit stone age round here.

TINXEY has saved the day tho, as the BadCopy program has restored the files.

I'll buy you a pint of BEATER in the sportsmans, but as I dont go to Withdean anymore you may have to wait a while

 

[tinx]

Always aim to please. Glad you're sorted.