billay Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 (edited) stinky b*%!hole. I've got some info I'm trying to get at on an old floppy, but it's unaccessable via windows. It's using a RAW file system. Is it possible for me to get at this stuff? TIA Edited December 9, 2006 by billay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 What is it that belongs to the Computer Guru in your thread title? Your punctuation indicates possession, but then there is nothing following it. Oh, and as long as I'm already being a dick... I might as well give you the bad news. "Raw" isnt' a filesystem, it means your filesystem is unreadable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted December 9, 2006 Author Share Posted December 9, 2006 What is it that belongs to the Computer Guru in your thread title? Your punctuation indicates possession, but then there is nothing following it. Oh, and as long as I'm already being a dick... I might as well give you the bad news. "Raw" isnt' a filesystem, it means your filesystem is unreadable. Thanks jacka$$. I think the disk might be from an old brother word processor. Can I assume that if I can find that thing in the attic somewhere then it would still be able to read the disk? Or does it mean the disk is bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Thanks jacka$$. I think the disk might be from an old brother word processor. Can I assume that if I can find that thing in the attic somewhere then it would still be able to read the disk? Or does it mean the disk is bad? If you can find the old computer and if it still works, you have a good chance of the diskette still working. They are fairly durable. Your problem, BTW, is one that faces system administrators every day. Data recovery often involves old hardware, old operating systems, old backup programs, old media, old media drives, old programs to read the data if you do manage to recover it. All of these may well have been changed or upgraded several times over the years, making recovery of old data extremely difficult and time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 If you can find the old computer and if it still works, you have a good chance of the diskette still working. They are fairly durable. Your problem, BTW, is one that faces system administrators every day. Data recovery often involves old hardware, old operating systems, old backup programs, old media, old media drives, old programs to read the data if you do manage to recover it. All of these may well have been changed or upgraded several times over the years, making recovery of old data extremely difficult and time consuming. Much truth spoken here. Even if you can get at the bits of data on the diskette, you may not have software capable of deciphering it. I can tell you that unless you're being audited and it contains old tax returns, it's probably more hassle than its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 First the bad news.... floppies are amazingly unreliable and prone to failue. What does windows tell you when you try to read the disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 i've never heard of anything called "raw", but i know you can find software that will allow you to read, for example, an old mac-formatted disc on PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 you might try downloading something like thisand see if it comes up with anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted December 10, 2006 Author Share Posted December 10, 2006 First the bad news.... floppies are amazingly unreliable and prone to failue. What does windows tell you when you try to read the disc? It tells me the disk isn't formatted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Toast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 You are out of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Toast. You are out of luck. Well, not quite yet. Is that old Brother computer a proprietary system, using it's own OS, not Windows? If so, you still might be able to read the floppy on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSab Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well, not quite yet. Is that old Brother computer a proprietary system, using it's own OS, not Windows? If so, you still might be able to read the floppy on that. That's about the only shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeohiostate Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 in my experiences, floppy disc never last too long. I have had trouble reading perfectly fine floppy disc in the past, due to the eject button on the drive being a bit tight up against the cover plate. Make sure you can read another floppy to eliminate the drive as a cause first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Try the floppy in a variety of other PC's, at least 3 more. If you get the same 'not formatted' message on 3 machines, toast. There are data recovery firms, but that will cost a few hundred. If you want to send it to me after exhausting what you can do, I'll give it a shot, I have a few tools not available to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Going through me stuff the other day I found a large number of floppy diskettes ... including several 5 1/4 floppies (if you recall those). I made absolutely no attempt to figure out what they were .... I threw them all away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 What is it that belongs to the Computer Guru in your thread title? Your punctuation indicates possession, but then there is nothing following it. I feel validated to see that I am not the only one who is bothered by the misuse of the apostrophe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted December 10, 2006 Author Share Posted December 10, 2006 I feel validated to see that I am not the only one who is bothered by the misuse of the apostrophe. methinks those expecting christmas gifts ought to curtail their penchance for punctuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 methinks those expecting christmas gifts ought to curtail their penchance for punctuation. You mean "penchant"? You didn't say anything about vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted December 10, 2006 Author Share Posted December 10, 2006 You mean "penchant"? You didn't say anything about vocabulary. Well, there's a little postage saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well, there's a little postage saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I would try rubbing a magnet in circular motions around on the floppy while saying "Open Sesame" at least 7 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I would try rubbing a magnet in circular motions around on the floppy while saying "Open Sesame" at least 7 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Going through me stuff the other day I found a large number of floppy diskettes ... including several 5 1/4 floppies (if you recall those). I made absolutely no attempt to figure out what they were .... I threw them all away. this is key info here. should solve your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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