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how do I format a disk?
I got my resume on A floppy, and i been using it for about A month, now all
of A sudden it telling me that my disk is not formated. Now how do Ido this and will I lose everything on there? |
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Formatting it will lose everything. It is probably already gone. Sorry.
If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in Word, act as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as well.) Don't use Word to: Open a document on a floppy Print a document on a floppy Edit a document on a floppy Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy) Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives! Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth using Windows. I know that for some with shared computers (libraries) this is a tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "ak-47" wrote in message ... I got my resume on A floppy, and i been using it for about A month, now all of A sudden it telling me that my disk is not formated. Now how do Ido this and will I lose everything on there? |
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Even a small corruption to a floppy will cause the standard DOS message you
got. Norton Disk Doctor is a sure bet to fix it and recover your document if it is recoverable. It is part of the Norton Utilities/Norton SystemWorks offered by Symantec. Then keep your doc on the hard drive! good luck. scott turchin in rainy california. "ak-47" wrote: I got my resume on A floppy, and i been using it for about A month, now all of A sudden it telling me that my disk is not formated. Now how do Ido this and will I lose everything on there? |
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"ace_it" wrote: You can try viewing the contents of the floppy on an older version of Windows this has worked for me before. "Scott Turchin" wrote: Even a small corruption to a floppy will cause the standard DOS message you got. Norton Disk Doctor is a sure bet to fix it and recover your document if it is recoverable. It is part of the Norton Utilities/Norton SystemWorks offered by Symantec. Then keep your doc on the hard drive! good luck. scott turchin in rainy california. "ak-47" wrote: I got my resume on A floppy, and i been using it for about A month, now all of A sudden it telling me that my disk is not formated. Now how do Ido this and will I lose everything on there? |
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