I cant open my floppy anymore after putting it to a certain computer. Is there any way to recover it?
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Try running checkdisk on it.  If that doesn't work, it's probably not going to open.
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hey me again..the only way to do this that i know of is in DOS\nand its complicated\nall thats in those is info for system restore
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The same thing used to happen here to me.\nDo this:\n\nPress and hold CTRL+Alt and then press Del key only once and fast.\nA new window pops up. There you can see that some other programmes are still in used. Select the first one and go to Close. once it is closed then try to stop your floppy disk drive. If it still says it cannot be stopped, then do the above and select next one other one and go to Close and check if your floppy drive is stopped. if not. again and again.\nkeep doing the same procedure untill you figure out which programm was causing the problem.\nOnce you know it, you would be able to close it right by the first attempt.
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Use any one of the utilities \nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/0,collid,1295,00.asp\n\nto recover files
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U either need 2 format the disk by going to my documents and 3 1/2 floppy, format. Or u may need 2 unlock the disk, trn disk over and on the end there will be a little unluck symbol, simply slide the little piece of plastic over.
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You can create your own boot floppy by following instructions at http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm or download one from http://www.bootdisk.com/ and then copy it to CD or floppy.  \n\nKeep in mind that if you format your C: drive you are wiping out everything on your computer and will need to reinstall all of your applications and your operating system.  If you're having problems and think this will solve them, it might be worth paying someone to look at the computer or do this for you.
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there is no way to retrieve it.\njust replace the motherboard, is the only solution
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Have you got a recovery disk?\n\nIf yes try that.\n\nIf no, seek expert help.\n\n///
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just take out the cd, and boot from the harddrive, and put it back in when it askes , in the bios, just click on default settings, it should set it up as floppy, hd, cdrom in that order
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You can use software like "FinalData2", I have been in this before and helped someone here in Yahoo Answers to recover his hard drive (Check my best answers).\nIf you like I can go again with you and help you too, send me your e-mail, and mark me as best answers.\n\nXLMan
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as you PC boots up, you should get a prompt to choose temporary boot sequence, (F-12 key ) choose CD, and insert windows disk in drive, or for older OS (win 95,98, ME) an external floppy drive can be plugged into a sub port. and booted from floppy. Here is a use full site http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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1st look on the cd or floppy if you have one.\n2nd try manufactures web site.\n3rd www.driversguide.com\n\nif you need to login then try this\n\nusername             drivers\npassword              all\n\nnot sure if this is still a current login you will have to give it a go.
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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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go to recovermyfiles.com and buy the software.... you should be able to recover everything.
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Hope's not lost, just get a disk recovery tool and there you go. yOU CAN GET IT FROM HERE: http://www.download.com/Recover-My-Files-Data-Recovery/3000-2248_4-10542385.html
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Hi,\n\nYou will need a file recovery program. Here are a few that are free.
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insert the disk and go to "my computer". right click on your floppy disk drive and click on format.