bettablue
Veteran Member
I know this was asked previously, but I have a full box of floppy disks that I bought back when I first got my PC. June of 2011 or there-about. I know some of them didn't work, but OK, I knew the source was quetionable. But now, none of the disks in the entire box are any good at all. Other disks I got from users with programs on them, etc, all work fine. And they work fine in my tweener. It's just these 15 disks that I can't get to do anything with.
I would like to know if there is any way at all to revitalize these diskettes, or are they all just a bunch of landfill? I suspect that these disks were not stored exactly as recommended. Although they do all look fine, and there are no visible lines or scratches on them. It's more like these disks were in contact with some electronic device or something that caused them to lose all of their formatting. Indeed, I have tried a couple of programs to try forcing a format but I get the same error pretty much with each of these disks. Please insert valid media, or media unformatted, would you like to format the media now?
Of course, when I format, it fails.
Any ideas?
Thanks again.
I would like to know if there is any way at all to revitalize these diskettes, or are they all just a bunch of landfill? I suspect that these disks were not stored exactly as recommended. Although they do all look fine, and there are no visible lines or scratches on them. It's more like these disks were in contact with some electronic device or something that caused them to lose all of their formatting. Indeed, I have tried a couple of programs to try forcing a format but I get the same error pretty much with each of these disks. Please insert valid media, or media unformatted, would you like to format the media now?
Of course, when I format, it fails.
Any ideas?
Thanks again.