disk went bad, how can I get the info off of it?

[Jenn1220]

I was using word last night and saved on a disk. Now I can't bring up the
info from the disk. I get an error message that the disk has not been
formatting or has been formatted for macintosh. Then the next message I get
says that it does not recongize disk media. I have used this disk before
with no problems.

[Mary]

You should never save the only copy on a floppy. Save to your hard drive,
then copy to floppy. You're out of luck unless you saved another version or a
copy on your hard drive.

"Jenn1220" wrote:

> I was using word last night and saved on a disk. Now I can't bring up the
> info from the disk. I get an error message that the disk has not been
> formatting or has been formatted for macintosh. Then the next message I get
> says that it does not recongize disk media. I have used this disk before
> with no problems.

[Graham Mayor]

You probably can't get the information off it. File recovery tools such as
OnTrack's Easy recovery Pro may help, but essentially the disc is corrupt.
This is a frequent experience of those who open and save Word documents
directly to floppy. Always open and save via the hard drive and copy to
floppy.

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Jenn1220 wrote:
> I was using word last night and saved on a disk. Now I can't bring
> up the info from the disk. I get an error message that the disk has
> not been formatting or has been formatted for macintosh. Then the
> next message I get says that it does not recongize disk media. I
> have used this disk before with no problems.

[Chuck]

You might try opening explorer, drag the file over to your desktop, and then
try opening it.

Good Luck
Chuck


"Graham Mayor" > wrote in message
...
> You probably can't get the information off it. File recovery tools such as
> OnTrack's Easy recovery Pro may help, but essentially the disc is corrupt.
> This is a frequent experience of those who open and save Word documents
> directly to floppy. Always open and save via the hard drive and copy to
> floppy.
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
>
> Jenn1220 wrote:
>> I was using word last night and saved on a disk. Now I can't bring
>> up the info from the disk. I get an error message that the disk has
>> not been formatting or has been formatted for macintosh. Then the
>> next message I get says that it does not recongize disk media. I
>> have used this disk before with no problems.
>
>

[Graham Mayor]

If the disc is corrupt you will not be able to access it with Explorer.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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Chuck wrote:
> You might try opening explorer, drag the file over to your desktop,
> and then try opening it.
>
> Good Luck
> Chuck
>
>
> "Graham Mayor" > wrote in message
> ...
>> You probably can't get the information off it. File recovery tools
>> such as OnTrack's Easy recovery Pro may help, but essentially the
>> disc is corrupt. This is a frequent experience of those who open and
>> save Word documents directly to floppy. Always open and save via the
>> hard drive and copy to floppy.
>>
>> --
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>>
>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jenn1220 wrote:
>>> I was using word last night and saved on a disk. Now I can't bring
>>> up the info from the disk. I get an error message that the disk has
>>> not been formatting or has been formatted for macintosh. Then the
>>> next message I get says that it does not recongize disk media. I
>>> have used this disk before with no problems.