I have been using a floppy disk for 4 weeks to type and save notes for grad
classes on my laptop. Yesterday when I attempted to open the file I needed
in Word, I received this message: "The disk in drive A: is not formatted
properly. Please check the disk, and reformat if necessary." The laptop
reads the disk and I can see all my files. I do not want to have to
re-format the disc because if I do I will loose all the information on the
disk, and needless to say I need my notes. I believe the disk may have been
compromised because in order to print (which is why I am saving to a floppy
in the first place) I have to put the disk in one of the computers in the
university's computer lab. Is there any way to eliminate the problem I am
having without reformatting the disk and loosing all the info on it? And is
there any way to prevent the same thing happening to my other disks? I have
1 week of class left and need to be sure they will work in order to type my
finals.

Thank you for any help you can give me.