Sir Redman
Well-known member
Right, I'm having a bit of a problem here
A couple of months ago we gave an old computer of ours to my cousin to use. I thought I backed up everything I needed but the other day I realised I hadn't and need to get a file off it. So yesterday after finishing painting their office (holiday work) I put the file on a floppy disk and took it home. Now, however, I cannot get the disk to read on my computer or my Dad's laptop. When I put the disk in and try to open A drive I get a message saying that the disk is not formatted and asking me if I want to format it. I am well aware that if I format it now I will lose the file. So my question is is there any way to get the file off the disk or make a copy of it somewhere?
If I need to I can get the file again some other day but it would save me an awful lot of time if I can get the file off the disk somehow.
Any help would be much appreciated.
A couple of months ago we gave an old computer of ours to my cousin to use. I thought I backed up everything I needed but the other day I realised I hadn't and need to get a file off it. So yesterday after finishing painting their office (holiday work) I put the file on a floppy disk and took it home. Now, however, I cannot get the disk to read on my computer or my Dad's laptop. When I put the disk in and try to open A drive I get a message saying that the disk is not formatted and asking me if I want to format it. I am well aware that if I format it now I will lose the file. So my question is is there any way to get the file off the disk or make a copy of it somewhere?
If I need to I can get the file again some other day but it would save me an awful lot of time if I can get the file off the disk somehow.
Any help would be much appreciated.