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Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 20:12:46 ....how to recover files off a bad floppy disk?
I've tried loads of the 'freeware' recovers but none have worked. Somebody left some uni work on their for our group but has gone to Mexico til Jan - Deadline is Friday :cry: I even told him to email me "just in case the disk breaks." "You cann't rely on technology I said...." Jinxed it really didn't I? Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Whits on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 20:45:38 **Edit- i'll find a better link in a second **
The problem you've got is finding out if the data is recoverable or just knackered. by the sounds of it the data is beyond recovery if you have tried a couple of programs. most software which you can get will use the same system to find and recover the data, if one can't see its unlikely that you will have much luck with the others. best bet if that doesn't work is breaking into your mates house, stealing his pc, guessing his password or taking his HD out and putting it one of your pcs and copying the data. sorry thats not much help. Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Whits on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 20:52:00 try that - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 23:23:19 Cheers Whits, didn't work in the end but managed to salvage an earlier copy that had been overwritten. Apparently the formatting in XP (esp SP2) is different to older versions and can screw up disks!
Microsofts solution - reformat using XP. That's fucking useful Mr. Gates you bastard - I have to delete the files on it to do that! So I would just like to say to microsoft :fu Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Whits on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 23:26:07 :shock: :wall
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 23:33:41 Welcome to the youth team
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Whits on Tuesday, December 14, 2004, 23:35:31 i noticed the above was both our 100th post each, how bizzare!!
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 01:56:19 GET IIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Managed to re-format and retrieve the file. Word converted the data somehow so some of it slightly weird but all I need to do is delete those bits as the actual work is converted correctly :mrgreen: Cheers Whits for the link - that program didn't have a gay 'one recovery per day limit' so I could try as much as I liked when i got bored! Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Whits on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 09:34:44 good to hear lad! :D
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: blinkpip on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 17:00:11 And he work happy ever after. :roll: :?:
Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 19:32:24 Quote from: "blinkpip" And he work happy ever after. :roll: :?: Aye yes, I have it almost done it! Out on the munt (or razz as I've heard it called by welsh people). Will finish when hungover on thurs and hand in fri :D gonna get MUNTED, HUNTED AND CUNTED Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Ben Wah Balls on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 19:36:59 yeah the razz like is it boyo. Fuckin razzle dazzle like. safe. knows it.
all common welsh phrases here in caaaaarrr-diff Title: Does anyone know.... Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 19:41:37 Quote from: "Ben Wah Balls" yeah the razz like is it boyo. Fuckin razzle dazzle like. safe. knows it. all common welsh phrases here in caaaaarrr-diff You fuckin' knows it! My cousin reckons itz lush over yur but I aint too sure! |