lynchknot
June 13th, 2005, 21:30 PM
.........or complete a format. It used to. I can see pics in my camera but when trying to view in PC, it says it's not fomatted. Any ideas?
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View Full Version : Floppy won't format lynchknot June 13th, 2005, 21:30 PM .........or complete a format. It used to. I can see pics in my camera but when trying to view in PC, it says it's not fomatted. Any ideas? rik June 14th, 2005, 00:56 AM Is it a regular floppy disk or a memory disk? I've seen this happen when disks were going bad or when the read heads on the floppy drive are misaligned and not able to read all disks. lynchknot June 14th, 2005, 00:59 AM Floppy disk which was working but not now. It still works in camera What's a memory disk? Conan June 14th, 2005, 01:13 AM Floppy disk which was working but not now. It still works in camera What's a memory disk? Memory cards used by digital camera's and some cellphones. rik June 14th, 2005, 01:16 AM I was speaking of the small memory cards used in some devices. So this is a normal 3.5" 1.44 mb floppy disk. ok, can you try another in the camera and see if after taking a couple of pics it can then be read in the computer. lynchknot June 14th, 2005, 01:24 AM I took a pic with another floppy. I can see pic in camera. I put floppy in PC: http://img293.echo.cx/img293/8118/no7po.png (http://www.imageshack.us) zipp51 June 14th, 2005, 01:57 AM Did you check no when it asked to format? :D rik June 14th, 2005, 02:05 AM Then your floppy drive may need to be swapped out. Sounds like the heads are misaligned. lynchknot June 14th, 2005, 03:07 AM great thanks :( tarun June 14th, 2005, 13:43 PM Thats been a really common problem with floppies for me. I havent found any solution to it. I just end up using a new(er) floppy. lynchknot June 14th, 2005, 17:13 PM You mean they get old? These are *newer Memorex "cool disks" 2SHD *newer compared to the old maxell 2hd i've got here. Conan June 15th, 2005, 02:18 AM Floppies are notorious for going bad no matter how old or new. lynchknot June 15th, 2005, 04:31 AM the floppies for the floppy drive? Conan June 15th, 2005, 05:45 AM the floppies for the floppy drive? The floppies. lynchknot June 15th, 2005, 06:41 AM All the floppies work in the camera. I mean I can take pics and view them. h4rdwire June 15th, 2005, 09:59 AM they mean the drive smartin22 June 21st, 2005, 00:14 AM My suggestion: Floppy drives retail for around $10; I'd buy one without any hesitation. Relative to the time you can spend trouble-shooting, the low cost of these drives easily justifies taking a "chance" and seeing if it eliminates the problem. Good luck. Scott lynchknot June 23rd, 2005, 03:05 AM Well, It was software related. It works after running True Image. Anyway check out the dust and suction the CPU fan draws. It could hold a sheet of paper the size of the computer or larger. I have to pry the paper off with a screwdriver and use a pair of plyers http://img220.echo.cx/img220/1440/15jp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us) http://img289.echo.cx/img289/420/27ye.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
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