Hi all, Just wanted to know what to do if i receive an error whilst trying to copy a file from a floppy disk to my hdd. I click my computer > then floppy a it then displys the files that are on the disk. It has file 1, file 2 and file 3. I have successfully copied files 2 & 3 to my hdd but i get an error whilst trying to copy file 1. It will either bring a small box saying preparing to copy showing 2 folders with a picec of paper going from one to the other. Or it will start copying but as son as it does it says "Cannot copy File 1: Data error(Cyclic Redundancy check)". Can anybody help? It is a realy important file that i urgently need. Thanx for any help given. chris
try the disk on another computer to see if does same thing or not as can't remember ever seeing that error from a floppy drive.
ye it was definatly that error. I copied it word for word so that people would no what i was tlakin about thnax for the help anyway guys i will try it another comp when i can, but i bet its the floppy thats bust it makes a dodgy sounding clicking noise all the time its in there and the little green light on the floppy drive is constantly on, where as usually it would go out if i didnt try to access the files on it. But i end up having to just remove it with the light stil on as it just continuously produces this noise. But ye anyway like you said ddp i shall try it in another comp when i have time but for now i shall go back to reading through the forums trying to help people makes you feel real good when you find out that you have helped somebody do something they were really stuck with lol anyway speka in a bit chris
a little note on the subject,i bought 25 flippy disks..more then half could copy files and more the half again i could not pull the data off of them..it turned out the batch of floppys were bad..
lol well i dont use them anymore its just that this is something that costs a lot fo money to buy if i had to buy it again. I had a cd with it on but lost the cd but i thought to myself lukily i had made back ups on floppy disks (Bear in mind that this was a few years back when i didnt have a cd burner or anything on my old comp) so i thought it would be a gud idea to back it up considerin it costs a lot to buy so i used some floppy disks i had lyin around. And now i would like to use the info again but i can nt find the cd and the first file is un-openable / un-copyable. i still have a sealed pack of floppy discs i bought like 2 years ago and have opend them as i never really trusted them (but at the time was my only option to back it up) ahh well suppose not verythin in life can go my way hehe thanx for the info Ireland chris
