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The disks may have become damaged, thus making them unreadable. It is also possible that one or both of the floppy drives involved had misaligned heads. The drive the wrote the files to the disk may have placed them incorrectly, and thus only that drive can read those disks now. Or the drive on the Windows XP computer may be misaligned, and can't read the disks created correctly.
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What allows Windows to read any floppy disk?
There is no such thing. Windows can only read floppy disks that are in good condition and have a file system it supports, namely FAT12 or FAT16.
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.
What is the definition of a floppy disk drive?
A piece of hardware to read and write floppy disks.
Can you open floppy disks saved in Windows 98 in XP using open office?
No reason why not. Windows XP should be able to read disks created with Windows 98 without any problems. OpenOffice is capable of reading a wide variety of files.
Can you view a windows 95 floppy disc on an xp computer?
Yes. Most floppy disks all the way from the original IBM PC to the present day use the FAT file system, so a floppy created in Windows 95 (or MS-DOS, for that matter) could still be read on Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Can i use a floppy disk in a zip drive?
No. Zip drives cannot read floppy disks, and cannot be used on a traditional floppy controller.
What are some similarties between floppy disks and compact disks?
They both hold data They are both disc shaped A drive is used to read or write to them The primary difference is the way they hold data. The data on a floppy disc is carried and read magnetically. The data on a CD is recorded and read optically with a laser.
When was the first floppy disc?
The first floppy disc was a 8-inch- IBM 23FD which was a read only was first introduced in 1971 its storage capacity was 79.7KB. Floppy disks were mostly referred to with imperial measurements,
Can data be stored on both sides of a floppy disk?
Modern 3.5" floppy disks were/are double sided. Earlier 5.25" floppy disks started out single sided but you could cut out a read only slot and flip them over and use both sides, no guarantees though. Even earlier 8" floppy disks were also single sided but could likewise be cut and flipped over. This is from my own experience not from research.
What is the problem when a massage come 'can not read from source file or disk' when you are trying to copy form floppy drive?
This means that Windows is unable to read the floppy disk. The floppy disk is likely damaged, and no data can be copied from it.
Relation between floppy disk and plotter?
Data are read in from secondary storage devices like floppy disks, hard disks, or tape drives. ... when pressed, toggles the numeric keypad between the number mode and ... Typical output devices are video monitors, printers, plotters, and secondar.
Which device can read as well as write?
Floppy Disk Drive, Hard Disk Drive, CD/DVD RW Disks, Pen Drive etc..
