when i try to save something to floppy disk the computer say the disk is copy protection.i change the switch on disk and take the same caution.i dont know if the problem is software or hardware.
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It's possible that a setting in your BIOS is preventing you from being able to write to your floppy disk drive.\nIf you know what the BIOS is, get in there and see if it's set so you can't write to your floppy drive.\nIf you're thinking ??BIOS??, then contact your PC manufacturer or a techie friend (!) and get them to check.\nSee the link below for tips on getting into your BIOS.
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Try it in a different PC. They should all work the same but some floppy drives are fussier than others, and sometimes they just don't like disks formatted in a different drive.
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I would suggest you right click on my computer and go to manage and then that will bring up a console and you go to disk management and you should be able to see what it says about your external drive ie if its un allocated or w/e. Post back with that info, btw did this hard drive work correctly in your other computer before it broke down or did it break down because the hard drive broke down or what ?
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This happens when u copy files from XP running computer to a Windows 2000 or 2003 running computer and remove the device (after coping) without following proper steps( like right click the device icon and select remove device safely etc.)\n\nSuch device is very difficult to repair. Some thumb drives have a reset hole to overcome such problems.
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I'm assuming that you are trying to copy a video cd, well either the CD is scratched or dirty, or it was recorded with errors, or you drive is having problems, if the drive is fine, you can clean well the disk and if is not scrathed I suggest you to use a program that is reading trough errors, that will be Alchool 120% or Fhantom CD
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copying is illegal....yeah yeah yeah... but...\n\nmost producers of kiddy disks will replace kids disks for a nominal charge. they often don't even require that you return the broken disk!
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If you have a floopy drive you can format it for a bootable disk. Go to your "my computer" and right click on the floppy drive and click on format. After that you can choose how to format it. Hope this helps. Thanks. Rock.
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You need to format your computer. How many partitions are there on your hard disk. When format your PC, set the size for your system drive ( C: ) not more than 10 GB. Other reason may be that you are using a short memory RAM. If RAM is of 128 MB or more than that, the RAM is probably defected. But I am sure you format your PC your problem will be over.\nGood Luck.
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If you really dont care of the contents on your cp just do what i did when i had all problems: Get ur disk thats ur home like windows xp or watever and put it in when the cp reboots. But you gotta know what your doing. Also if you have some spar cash look in the yellow pages for computer repair
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Yuck, that means the disc is bad. I hate it when that happens, thats why I use CDs now and I double backup.\n\nI'm sorry, but there is a chance your floppy has gone bad and it wont be use-able until you format it again, which will erase all data.\n\nTo make sure, I would try to open the floppy on a different computer. If it opens , then that means you might need to clean your floppy drive a bit.
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There is nothing to install. A floppy disk is a low-capacity external storage device, much like a flash drive. Just pop the disk into your computer, sae the neccessary files onto it, take the disk out, put it into another computer, and load up the files. Its just used to save or transfer data.\n\nNow, if you mean you have a seperate unit that you plug the disks into, thats another story. First, try following the instructions that (hopefully) came with the drive. \n\nIf you have Windows XP, try just plugging it in; XP is able to recognize tons of hardware and may install it automatically. \n\nIf you still can find an answer, try going to some message boards or forums related to this topic or call into a tech radio show, visit a specialty store, etc.
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The drive is bad. Bring it back before you waste anymore time trying to fix it. I had one go bad like that after it had worked for a while. I took it apart to fix it, but there wasn't anything wrong with it mechanically. Something electronic had gone bad. It's not your install or your software - it's the drive.
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Hi there:\n\nI answer this question all the time.\n\nHERE is a complete copy and paste of the last ANSWER I gave, which has all the information you need. As you state, you DO NOT WANT to format or scandisk or defrag, or anything that touches the tracks on your floppy !\n\nSEE below:\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nI lost my data I saved on floppy?\n\nI saved some email messages on a floppy disc and brought it home from work and went to look at them on my computer at home and when I tried to open the floppy it said disco not formatted would you like to format now yes no. Have I lost my data? What should I do?\nAdditional Details\n\nthey are no longer in my email. just on floppy. If i take it back to work will it work there it did the other day.\n\nBest Answer - Chosen by Asker\n\nHi there:\n\nYou have probably NOT lost any data.\nFloppy copy and read problems are VERY common, and people have forgotten how to use them and maintain them.\n\nI looked at the two other answers before mine. The first states that you lost everything. _ WRONG !!\nThe second states that you are using a different operating system ( WRONG -- a floppy is a floppy is floppy unless you are using a MAC vs PC, and even you would be smart enough to know that they are differnt !)\n[[ Another rare situation is where you are using an OLD, 3 1/4 inch floppy on one machine, and a "new" 3 1/4 inch floppy drive on another machine, since the DRIVES Themselves, are different FORMATS ( the operating systems ( DOS, WIndows would be the same, and understand both formatting systems, but the mechanical heads and tracks are different ! ) There a dozens of different Floppy read/writers, and different FORMATs and sizes. The first IBM PC shipped with no harddrive, no floppy, and 16K of ram. There was a big DIN plug identical to the old keyboard plug, that you plugged in a cable that went to your Audio Cassette player, to load programs.. Then came the full height, single sided, low density, 5 1/2 inch floppy, then the high density, then the low density, two sided floppy, then the two sided High density floppy. Then all of these were replaced with the LOW density 3 1/4 inch floppy, and later the High Density 3 1/4 inch.\nIFF you have a normal, modern 3 1/4 inch HIGH density disk writer at the office, and try to use it in the ancient 3 1/4 LOW density disk unit at home, the older low density machine will not know what the tracks on the floppy are - it will be reading two tinier high density tracks at the same time and get garbage data.\nThe odds of you having a 720 K floppy Machine at home, and a 1.44 Meg floppy Unit at work, are almost zero, but I thought I would mention it ! ) ]]\nThe second answer states to but the floppy BACK in the orginating computer, and this actually WOULD have a high success rate.\n\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO " NOT " scandisk, or defrag or touch the floppy in ANY WAY.\nMake your disk ' holy " at once, and prevent any writing of any kind, by flipping the little tab down so that BOTH HOLES on the corners are open ( holy disk ), so that your disk is protected from evil ( programs that WRITE or try to repair it- which would destroy YOUR data in the process of " repairing " the tracks -- they do not give a hoot about YOUR data, only in re-viving the useability of the disk -- BEWARE ! ! )\n\nThere are many precautions in using floppies. The first, is to ALWAYS FULL FORMAT ( not the silly "quick format" ) the disk before writing to it, even if it is NEW and out of the package...\n\nThe other problem is the LACK of use of ordinary floppy drive machines. They continually build up layers of dust, and when people DO go to use them, they gum up the heads with dirt. There are floppy cleaner disks available at most computer stores and dollar stores, and you SHOULD clean them if they have not been in use very much...\n\nAnother problem is the slight variation in the HEAD size, and the HEAD alignment, of different flop
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The last time I had to get a recovery disk for an IBM PC, I had to call support. I don't think they have them for download on their website. They were happy to ship me a new one when I called (but the PC in question was covered under warranty).
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Yeah...Never store data important data on floppy disks.\n\nTry this http://www.download.com/BadCopy-Pro/3000-2248_4-10463101.html?tag=lst-0-8
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i'm afraid you've lost it already.........floppy disk are not so reliable in terms of data storage....they can be easily damaged....sensitive to temperature...and other electromagnetic elements...
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This happens alot with many games that utilized SafeDisc 2 copy protection...it is a pain in the arse but there is no easy work around (if this is what you have described)