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The floppy disk was originally created in 1967 by IBM
in the "floppy" part is referenced to the media that is
encased within the protective outer plastic wrap. It is
magnetic medium and is fairly consistent with the
methods for writing hard disk drives. Floppy drives were
available in all computers throughout the 80s and 90s
and some still use these today. They were, and still can
be, susceptible to damage and data loss, which may at
times need you to employ some type of recovery. Here are
a few tips to follow when trying to perform data
recovery on a floppy.
First Try Something Simple/b>
Always look to a simple solution before you start to
panic. We've all heard the story about the homeowner who
couldn't get the lights on, called an electrician who
charged him a $100 to flip a circuit breaker. Always
restart your computer and then re-insert the floppy disk
confirming it cannot be read. Sometimes you may have a
momentary software malfunction. If it still doesn't
work, insert it into a different computer. If you can
access the data from this computer make sure you copy it
to the hard drive. The second computer still cannot read
your floppy, it's probably corrupted and you'll need to
perform a data recovery task.
Get a Tool
There are plenty of places on the Internet where you can
surf to define a data recovery tool that will help you
get the information off your floppy disk. Some of these
tools are free and some are going to cost you a certain
fee. Try the free ones first before you shell out good
money for a recovery tool. Always examine the
information about the tool making sure that he can
recover data from floppy disk. This product description
will also tell you exactly what functions can be
performed with the free version of the tool so you can
make sure that before you get started you can get a
complete recovery using this free tool. Once you have
selected a recovery tool, downloaded to your computer.
Perform a Recovery Attempt
Place the damaged floppy disk in the drive of your
computer where you've installed the recovery tool and
run the software application that accompanies it. Save
any recovered data that you can onto the computer hard
drive and immediately back it up on a new floppy disk or
other storage material.
Throw away the damaged disk.
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