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Hi, and thanks in advance for trying to help.
Yesterday I tried to save something onto floppy and it didn't work. I haven't used the drive for years, and the disks were just a few I had laying around - each of the discs failed in the same manner.
I inserted a disk into my floppy drive then went to start > my computer, then right clicked a: and chose format.
I got an error message : 'Disk error on track 0, head 0 Address mark not found'
Same thing with all three disks.
I found a clever looking bit of kit called Floppy Disk Formatter v3.1c (FFormat) which I downloaded and installed. I tried to use that to format my disks, and again all three disks failed in the same way.
It gets to 50% successfully, then I get a message 'Trying to rebuild track 0', then eventually I get the message 'This disk could not be formatted: unrecoverable error on system area or uncompatible format mode'.
I have searched google for answers but on this occassion it has come up very short.
My PCs file system is NTFS, and from what I can see the floppies are FAT but I don't think that alone would cause the problem.
As all 3 disks have repeated the same messages and errors, I am assuming it is not those at fault. Obvious choice would be needing to replace the drive, but I thought I'd try here first for ideas.
I will also try the disks in someone else's PC later when I get the chance.
It is worth noting that since I last used the floppy drive I have reformatted the HD. I didn't have a recovery disk, so used someone's XP Media Edition (mine was XP home standard) and then picked up the drivers I needed from the Hewlett-Packard website. Did I miss one that would cause this problem, or is there something I should be looking for?
I hope I have included all the necessary information, and that someone will be able to help me out
Thanks in advance.
(redirected from 3.5' Floppy disk)Yesterday I tried to save something onto floppy and it didn't work. I haven't used the drive for years, and the disks were just a few I had laying around - each of the discs failed in the same manner.
I inserted a disk into my floppy drive then went to start > my computer, then right clicked a: and chose format.
I got an error message : 'Disk error on track 0, head 0 Address mark not found'
Same thing with all three disks.
I found a clever looking bit of kit called Floppy Disk Formatter v3.1c (FFormat) which I downloaded and installed. I tried to use that to format my disks, and again all three disks failed in the same way.
It gets to 50% successfully, then I get a message 'Trying to rebuild track 0', then eventually I get the message 'This disk could not be formatted: unrecoverable error on system area or uncompatible format mode'.
I have searched google for answers but on this occassion it has come up very short.
My PCs file system is NTFS, and from what I can see the floppies are FAT but I don't think that alone would cause the problem.
As all 3 disks have repeated the same messages and errors, I am assuming it is not those at fault. Obvious choice would be needing to replace the drive, but I thought I'd try here first for ideas.
I will also try the disks in someone else's PC later when I get the chance.
It is worth noting that since I last used the floppy drive I have reformatted the HD. I didn't have a recovery disk, so used someone's XP Media Edition (mine was XP home standard) and then picked up the drivers I needed from the Hewlett-Packard website. Did I miss one that would cause this problem, or is there something I should be looking for?
I hope I have included all the necessary information, and that someone will be able to help me out
Thanks in advance.
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floppy disk
a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
floppy disk
[¦fläp·ē ′disk] (computer science)A flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic oxide and used for data entry to a computer; a slot in its protective envelope or housing, which remains stationary while the disk rotates, exposes the track positions for the magnetic read/write head of the drive unit. Also known as diskette.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
floppy disk
(hardware, storage)(Or 'floppy', 'diskette') A small, portable plastic disk coated in a magnetisable substance used for storing computer data, readable by a computer with a floppy disk drive. The physical size of disks has shrunk from the early 8 inch, to 5 1/4 inch ('minifloppy') to 3 1/2 inch ('microfloppy') while the data capacity has risen.
These disks are known as 'floppy' disks (or diskettes) because the disk is flexible and the read/write head is in physical contact with the surface of the disk in contrast to 'hard disks' (or winchesters) which are rigid and rely on a small fixed gap between the disk surface and the heads. Floppies may be either single-sided or double-sided.
3.5 inch floppies are less floppy than the larger disks because they come in a stiff plastic 'envelope' or case, hence the alternative names 'stiffy' or 'crunchy' sometimes used to distinguish them from the floppier kind.
The following formats are used on IBM PCs and elsewhere:
Capacity Density Width 360K double 5.25' 720K double 3.5' 1.2M high 5.25' 1.44M high 3.5'
Double denisty and high density are usually abbreviated DD and HD. HD 3.5 inch disks have a second hole in the envelope and an overlapping 'HD' logo.
These disks are known as 'floppy' disks (or diskettes) because the disk is flexible and the read/write head is in physical contact with the surface of the disk in contrast to 'hard disks' (or winchesters) which are rigid and rely on a small fixed gap between the disk surface and the heads. Floppies may be either single-sided or double-sided.
3.5 inch floppies are less floppy than the larger disks because they come in a stiff plastic 'envelope' or case, hence the alternative names 'stiffy' or 'crunchy' sometimes used to distinguish them from the floppier kind.
The following formats are used on IBM PCs and elsewhere:
Capacity Density Width 360K double 5.25' 720K double 3.5' 1.2M high 5.25' 1.44M high 3.5'
Double denisty and high density are usually abbreviated DD and HD. HD 3.5 inch disks have a second hole in the envelope and an overlapping 'HD' logo.
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floppy disk
An earlier, reusable magnetic storage medium and drive introduced by IBM in 1971. Officially a 'diskette,' it was nicknamed 'floppy' because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets. In the late 1970s, the floppy was the first personal computer storage medium. Although computers with hard disks emerged in the 1980s, they had at least one floppy drive for distributing applications, backup and data transfer between machines. By the mid-1990s, the floppy gave way to the CD-ROM for software distribution, while local networks and the Internet became popular for backup and data exchange.Like Magnetic Tape
The floppy's recording surface was a circular platter of magnetically coated plastic similar to magnetic tape, except that both sides were recordable. The drive grabbed and spun the platter inside its jacket, while the read/write head contacted the surface through an opening. At 300 RPM, floppies rotated considerably slower than a hard disk, and they came to a complete stop when there was no read/write activity.
Format Before Writing
Every new floppy had to be 'formatted,' which divided the disk into sectors (see format program). However, by looking at the external jacket, one could not always discern the recording format. See magnetic disk.
| The Common Floppy Versions |
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| Although ubiquitous in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the bendable 5.25' floppy was surpassed by the rigid 3.5' floppy in the late 1980s. |
| Anatomy of a 3.5' Floppy |
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| The magnetic disk rotated between two liners inside the plastic jacket. |
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| A Floppy-Based Computer |
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| Floppy-based computers such as this Kaypro portable were the rage in the early 1980s. The computer was booted with the operating system floppy in the first drive, and the second drive was used for applications. |
| Handwriting on the Wall |
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| This 1999 headline foretold the floppy's future obsolescence. (Article headline courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer.) |
| No Wonder |
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| The arrow points to a microSD card resting on one 3.5' floppy. MicroSD capacities have reached 512GB, the equivalent of 365,000 floppies. See microSD. |
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