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Ghost Dog

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3. There's some advice here:

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 08:03 PM

Jun 2016

http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00SOxF

(photos, text, makes no difference: it's just data)...

The 'Linux nerd' would be a good option.

But your floppy might have decayed by now. Can your drive/OS read any other floppies?

--> Lesson: for important data, make multiple backups, and periodically make new copies, on new media, of your archives.

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Due to an emergency, I need to be able to "read" floppies!! [View all] truedelphi Jun 2016 OP

. SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #1

Thanks for helping so quick, Susan. OS happens to be truedelphi Jun 2016 #2

There's some advice here: Ghost Dog Jun 2016 #3

The floppy drive sees the disc but can't read it? csziggy Jun 2016 #4

Gosh that seems complicated. truedelphi Jun 2016 #5

Or perhaps the floppy you're trying to read.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #6

Some upgrades of WIndows XP and WIndows 7 caused problems csziggy Jun 2016 #7