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About Dinesh
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I can answer questions regarding Floppy Disks , accessing floppies through programs and the inner details of the floppy

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I did projects in Floppy Data Recovery & management

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Dinesh 
In Category  Floppy, Zip, and Jazz Drives

SubjectDate Asked

WinXP/USB Zip 250 Drive1/23/2008
  Q: WinXP locates a USB 250 Zip Drive fine, but can't read the zip floppies...I know there is data on ...
  A: You are sure about the data in it. Ok.. But when FAT fails in your case, if you have stored files in ...
Floppy Disk Help9/6/2007
  Q: can i capture my information from a floppy disk before formatting it. the floppy disk won't open it ...
  A: Lydia, You are right.. You will lose file system when you format it. Practically formatting will ...
Problem with a Floppy Disc9/3/2007
  Q: I put some important info on a floppy disc and then deleted it from my hard drive! Now, when I put ...
  A: Try these, 1. Accessing the floppy from different windows families (like DOS,NT Based and Win ...
XP Upgrade:7/9/2007
  Q: Good Day, Dinesh! I recently upgraded from Office 97 to XP, on a Dell P2 400. When I try to open a ...
  A: This seem like a problem with the floppy drive only as the same error comes for all disks. Have ...
XP Upgrade: "Selected Drive Not In Use"7/7/2007
  Q: Good Day, Dinesh! I recently upgraded from Office 97 to XP, on a Dell P2 400. When I try to open a ...
  A: Is this problem particularly occuring with word file alone ? If so means, the floppy have no problem ...
1.44 floppy usb3/22/2007
  Q: I purchased a 1.44 HP D353FUE USB floppy drive, the drive loads up fine and when I go to my computer ...
  A: Usually when there is a problem with floppy disk, it won't ask you to go for web. I guess this may ...
FLOPPY DRIVE REMOVAL.3/21/2007
  Q: I have removed the floppy drive from my computer as it was faulty, and I never used it. However, ...
  A: Well John. You've successfully removed it from windows. You've to remove the floppy drive from ...
External hard disk drive3/15/2007
  Q: I recently purchased a big capacity external disk (usb connection) for the purpose of backing up ...
  A: What problem you are actually facing.. How many partitions are in your disk ? Why not you "select ...
DriveSpace compressed disk2/14/2007
  Q: Though WinXP cannot see the file, using WinRar (a compression utility) on drive B (the LS120 drive) ...
  A: David, I found some utilities in this link for win 95 or 98, just check out ...
DriveSpace compressed disk2/14/2007
  Q: DriveSpace3 created a single compressed file. That file is NOT recognized by WinXP, but to the best ...
  A: Ok. Now you type "DECMPRSS" and press enter. See what it shows. If you can means proceed further. ...
DriveSpace compressed disk2/12/2007
  Q: but alas I am no where near proficient even had I access to m_DOS. I did locate an executable file ...
  A: Ok David. First I'll tell you how to run that file. Extract those files to some directory like ...
DriveSpace compressed disk2/9/2007
  Q: I am sorry. I didn't make it clear that this floppy was compressed using DriveSpace that was part of ...
  A: Have you tried any recovery tools already ? There is a Drivespace recovery tool available at ...
Floppy Disk Drive12/20/2006
  Q: my error message says, Winodws cannot format.I run Windows xp, and when i tried to save data on my ...
  A: When windows cannot format a floppy, you cannot use it to save files in windows anymore. You have to ...
Floppy Disk Drive12/19/2006
  Q: I run Windows xp, and when i tried to save data on my floppy disk it didn't do, it makes my computer ...
  A: I think the floppy may be bad. Are you able to format the floppy ? Did you get any errors while ...
5.25 floopy drive installation11/18/2006
  Q: I am not sure if I asked this question before, but was having a problem from my work e-mail, and ...
  A: I received your question already and answered. You can view that in the past answers section of my ...
hard drive partititioned11/16/2006
  Q: the question is :does it make any difference to the running of my computer tht my hard drive is ...
  A: Having more partitions is good because seeking time would reduce considerably. You can reach the ...
5.25 floppy drive11/16/2006
  Q: I have some old 5.25 floppy disks that I want to copy onto my hard drive or to a 3.5 [1.44] drive. ...
  A: Make sure that correct type(3.5 for A, 5.25 for B like that) is assigned to floppy drives. Are the ...
USB versus USB 2.011/11/2006
  Q: My laptop has only USB. Can I use a USB 2.0 memory stick or a card, instead od 3 1/2 floppies to ...
  A: You are right. Floppies are not suitable for storing image file which are usually larger in size. ...
filing copying11/9/2006
  Q: How do I know if someone has copied my files from my computer? I suspect all my autocad file was ...
  A: There is no way to find the lastly copied date in windows. So you dont let such things happen in ...
Using with camcorder11/4/2006
  Q: Travel for months. Goal: sending still pix home. In the old days I used a trusty TRV900 sony with ...
  A: Floppy drives won't be suitable for you. USB slots are commonly available in all systems. Windows XP ...
data recovery from sata hdd10/12/2006
  Q: my new system HP with Win Xp prof. has crashed and it hangs after opening the windows xp windows. i ...
  A: This is not my area of expertise actually. Even then, some tips for you to recover data upto my ...
Floppy Drive nNot recognized by Win 98se9/24/2006
  Q: Suddenly, when I try to read a formated 3 1/2 floppy, I get the response disk is not formattee, etc. ...
  A: This wont be a problem with Drive or windows because you are getting the Disk not formatted ...
floppy disks9/3/2006
  Q: I have some floppies i made at my computer at work.-i no longer work there. I have tried to open ...
  A: If you are asked to format the floppy, the File System in floppy is damaged or the some sectors in ...
HARDRIVE AS IMAGING STORAGE.9/1/2006
  Q: I have heard that data (pictures, videos, etc) stored in a "regular" 700 MB CD, can be lost within 5 ...
  A: Data in the CDs won't be lost unless the CD is damaged by physical factors. Similarly if hard disks ...
I just have a problem with floppy disk. Can you help me please?7/23/2006
  Q: i have a problem with this floppy A: i installed my new floppy but my computer may be doesn't ...
  A: Have you incurred this error for all floppies or only one floppy ? Try some other floppies. Test ...
Computer Peripherals7/21/2006
  Q: Why we can't send any data to CD by right clicking the mouse but which is possible in FDD and Pen ...
  A: Usually files in CD are written as sessions. That is file system wont be in a particular location ...
Zip drives3/31/2006
  Q: About the Pen Drives that you mentioned. How do they work? Once you plug them in does an icon ...
  A: You just plug it to USB Port , then Windows will automatically detect that drive and it will act ...

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