Data recovery from a floppy disk?
My end of term paper was lost by my professor and I am 99% sure that it is on this floppy. When inserted, I right click on the A: drive in My Computer and click Properties. Shows available space is 1.38 MB, not 1.44 MB. But it doesn’t show any files whatsoever. It was saved in Word. Ended up getting a C in an easy A class because of this. The disk spent a lot of time in a hot car this summer….
Hey smart ass… this paper was done on a shared computer at school. I was not aware that my teacher did not have it until the middle of the summer, after student drive space was cleared.
I think you’re right about the 1.38 thing. I have 2 yellow floppies, the other says it is not formatted and I can’t read it either, unless I format/erase it, which I haven’t done. Maybe paper is on that one.
so sad you lost your paper but where there’s a will there’s a way.
Just go to any floppy market and get it repaired at data recovery centre for free
Sorry doesn’t sound like your document can be recovered from that disk. When you put a disk into a computer it contains 1.44 but i’m pretty sure it always says 1.38, I learned a technical reason for it in computer class but cannot recall.
Did you double check the disk before you left the lab? Is it possible it was mixed up with another disk?
so you don’t backup important things on your hard drive as well as the disk you handed it in on?
sounds like a lesson to backup
Have u enabled show hidden files. it may be hidden.
Right click properties, see how many files & folders it have. if hidden then it will show else 0.