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    kiska1226 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 20, 2008, 10:27 PM
    Hello,

    I sure hope you could help me...

    I saved my files on floppy disc but now it's not reading the disc. Is there a way to retrieve the data from the computer history? PLEASE HELP!! It's VERY IMPORTANT!!
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    Jun 20, 2008, 10:33 PM
    Retriving the files saved on floppy disc
    Hello,

    I am having a very bad day here... I worked very hard and saved an important files on my floppy disc yesterday. But now I can't retrieve the files from A: drive. Is there a way to retrieve this document via computer history?? :( PLEASE HELP!!
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    Jun 20, 2008, 11:45 PM
    Unless you saved the file at least ONCE on your computer hard drive, the answer will be mostly no.
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    Jun 21, 2008, 12:32 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by kiska1226
    Hello,

    I am having a very bad day here ... I worked very hard and saved an important files on my floppy disc yesterday. But now I can't retrieve the files from A: drive. Is there a way to retrieve this document via computer history??? :( PLEASE HELP!!!
    Thank you so much for your reply.

    I have an auto save... I still don't have any chance locating this file anywhere in the computer?? Sorry, I had to ask... I'm very desperate...

    I really do appreciate your help.
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    Jun 21, 2008, 01:26 AM
    Hi
    Had you ever saved that file on your computer
    If yes then go and see in your my recent document history
    Or you can search it
    Or if it has been deleted from your computer then you can easily recover it
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    Jun 21, 2008, 05:03 AM
    First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

    I would see if you can take the disc to another PC that has a floppy drive to see if they can be recovered. If you erased the files on your PC its unlikley you can recover them. If they were saved straight to the floppy, then you can't recover them from the PC.

    You can also try doing a CHKDSK on the floppy, what version of Windows do you have?
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    Jun 21, 2008, 07:26 AM
    Auto save is not YOU saving the file at least once on your computer. AUTOSAVE is a temporary background file your software uses to recover docs after a system crash so you can return to editing them.

    If you SAVE a file that has been AUTO-SAVED, the autosave file is destroyed at that moment. Period. The only way you will find this document on your hard drive is if you physically saved it at least once.

    The floppy disk is unreadable? There are companies that specialize in data recovery. They are usually costly, but only you know how critical this file is. Also, it is only a floppy disk and a single file, the cost may not be as high as it is to recover an entire hard disk.

    You interested in pursuing that?
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    Jun 21, 2008, 08:53 AM
    Hello JB,

    Yes, I need to try everything I can to retrieve the document.

    Thank you! :)
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    Jun 21, 2008, 10:21 AM
    Ok, then try some of the free data recovery tools online. If those don't work, you may have to cough up some $ to have a company actually take your disk and examine it with some professional equipment to see if it can be recovered:

    floppy disk data recovery company - Google Search
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    Jun 21, 2008, 03:59 PM
    This is an extremely common problem when using floppy discs in Windows XP. I thought this problem had been resolved as of SP 2, but I guess not. If you can find one, take your floppy to a computer running Windows 98 or 2000 and pull up the files. Alternatively, you can run Linux to pull up the files.

    An easy way to do that would be to download VirtualBox (it's free) and any distro of Linux you choose. You can then create a guest install of Linux to pull the files up on. Once you've copied the files over to the hard drive, format the disc in XP, then transfer the files back onto the disc.

    Now this will do the trick providing you haven't damaged the actual disc or gotten it near any magnets.
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    Jun 24, 2008, 02:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by kiska1226
    Hello,

    I sure hope you could help me ...

    I saved my files on floppy disc but now it's not reading the disc. Is there a way to retrieve the data from the computer history? PLEASE HELP!!! It's VERY IMPORTANT!!!
    Try Easy recovery Pro (by OnTrack)
    Had somebody crying over their graduation monograph and I managed to recover all the files. Better! I recovered files that had been deleted long ago, even after formatting!

    Good luck!

    P.S Do you still use floppies? :o
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