This article discusses disk media and give tips on how to visually assess the health of floppy disks.įloppy disks are covered with magnetic storage media. consider the MOST likely problem: the media itself. However, before you start searching the web for hardware solutions and fiddling around with drive alignment etc. It’s possible there could be a hardware or driver issue. You struggle to get even a directory and many times the computer does not recognize the disk is formatted at all. However, things are not going as well as you’d hoped. So, you’ve bought one of those cheap USB floppy disk drives to archive those old PC disks which you’ve found at the bottom of the closet. If you are a vintage computer hobbyist or enthusiast wanting to take a deep dive into the topic, best check out Herb Johnson’s page.įigure 1. The target reader is the casual user wanting to check out old disks which have surfaced.
Note: This article is a quick guide focusing on common floppy disk problems that prevent files being recovered. Why can’t my computer read my floppy disks? One possibility: disk degradation and/or damage.
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