Semi-OT: HEEEEEEEELP!!!!! - Page 2

EaX · #11 June 5th, 2005, 03:34 AM

Here's the program i use to recover "dead" floppy disk

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

hope you find it usefull.

Kamog · #12 June 5th, 2005, 03:45 AM

I have had a lot of trouble with floppy disks dying. I often use floppy disks to transfer small files from one computer to another, and it is not unusual to copy some files onto the disk, go to the other machine, and the disk is unreadable. Then I bring the disk back to the original computer, and it's still unreadable. Occasionally I just shake the disk a bit, flick the metal shutter open and close a couple times, and put it back in the drive, and it recovers. But more often than not, the disk is dead and I throw it away.

And the other thing I noticed. It's not a good idea to carry floppy disks unprotected in your shirt pocket. I thought they made those disks 3 1/2" in size so that it fits in your pocket, but I find that if I do that the disks tend to die even faster.

EaX · #13 June 5th, 2005, 03:53 AM

that's why i bought a pen drive

Atrocities · #14 June 5th, 2005, 03:55 AM

They are manufactured in china now, any thing manufactured there will fail soon after you buy it. I have been warning people about this problem for some time but no one listens to poor old Zatherous. No respect.

Seriously, the electronic products that are coming out of chine, albeit they are cheep, do fail more often than not within the first year of service. I have had to replace two microwaves, six dvd players, two tv's, a ton of shoes, clothing, and other "Made In China" products. Since nearly everything is now made in china and sold at walmart, finding things made in Japan or even Mexico has become a real challenge. Hell finding something made in America now is like finding real gold, and often unafordable.

China products = low end junk! You will buy three or four of their items to one made elsewhere.

Oh ya, avoid Asus Mother Boards too, they are not what they once were.

EaX · #15 June 5th, 2005, 04:20 AM

I don't know where my pen drive was manufactured, it's a dane-elec 512mb, so far it worked perfectly.

Strategia_In_Ultima · #16 June 5th, 2005, 07:58 AM

Thanks for the help, guys. I've managed to recover most of the file (up to chapter 4 of my story. Chapter 5 is something I'll have to re-write. Oh well.).

The first thing I did was back up the bloody file on my harddisk. I've learnt I can't trust disks now - the hard way.