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3.5 floppy suddenly says not formatted what happened what can you do to get data?
Cycadrescue
Sometimes the metal piece at the bottom is stuck. Try sliding it and snapping it. Also try it on another computer. Go to explorer and open drive A. If you get the same message, try to gently remove the metal piece and read it again. Tried that. Still no success. How can four floppies, out of two dozen, suddenly say "not formatted". No magnets near by. Need advise. Can data be saved? read? Help.
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Before a floppy disk can store data it must be?
Formatted
Can a floppy from an Atari computer be opened in windows?
No, it will not be in a compatible format. Floppy disks must be formatted in FAT in order for a PC to read them. There may however be Linux tools that will be able to read the data.
When first buy a floppy disk why do you have to format it first?
Actually, you do not always have to format it first; many disks come "pre-formatted." A disk needs to be formatted with a file system so that the operating system can arrange data on it.
How do you differentiate a floppy drive data and IDE type data?
Not possible, the same data can be stored both on floppy and HDD.
True statement about formatting a floppy disk for the first time?
Formatting prepares a floppy disk to store data
Is Hard disk must be formatted before you can store the data?
Yes, it must partitioned and formatted.
How to see data in formatted harddrive?
you cant. once you format it all of the data is gone forever just like the warning said right before you formatted it.
Can you recover your formatted data from hard disk any software help you power data recovery software?
Yes, you can recover your formatted data from your hard disk by using the Recuva recovery software.
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
What are the steps for data recovery from a floppy disk?
The best way to recover data from a floppy disk is with floppy disk recovery software, such as Wondershare Data Recovery. Install and open the program. Locate your floppy drive and open it to view the files. You can then use the recovery program to recover any file from a floppy disk, even very badly corrupted ones.
How did floppy disks improve computing?
Floppy drive was the first storage with portable data storage capacity.. However the data storing capacity of floppy drive is not enough but in early days it helped a lot..
What is the purpose in a floppy drive?
data storage
