FAT to RAW

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:02 am

So by trying to format a 1.44 floppy, somehow the FAT got converted to RAW. This means the disk cannot be read or formatted. So how did the floppy get changed to RAW? Used win xp pro and tried to do a standard format.
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BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:28 am

splurge a little and drop $0.02 for another floppy and move on!!!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:34 am

BUBBALOU wrote:splurge a little and drop $0.02 for another floppy and move on!!!

Ahh Grasshopper...it is the quest for knowledge that is valuable...not the material.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:46 am

L M F A O !

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:04 am

Actually, NT/2k/XP can *read* RAW, but can't write to it if memory serves. Download a copy of RAWrite (you can find it on any site that has Linux for download) and have it format the disk in RAW. Then format the disk in windows to FAT. It looks to me that windows is mis-reading the file system, and/or you've got the disk in read-only mode.

Either way, if that doesn't work, then chuck the disk. They fail so damned easy, its not even funny.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:54 am

Get a Linux os and you can probably fix that disk.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:59 pm

hint: remove floppy drive.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:31 pm

Mobius wrote:hint: remove floppy drive.

No Kidding, floppies are useless these days.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:33 pm

So no one knows how the floppy got converted to RAW?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:08 pm

woodchip wrote:So no one knows how the floppy got converted to RAW?

Floppies, being the most unstable of data storage... either Cosmic Rays or poor manufacturing. Your formatting of the disk exposed a flaw on the media, and XP decided to shove it.

"its not properly formated, but not unformated, so it must be raw," thought XP.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:31 pm

Oh mighty magnet hear thy plea!!!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:40 pm

Thanks, I think I get the idea now.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:47 pm

Xamindar wrote:Get a Linux os and you can probably fix that disk.

Thats kind of like bending a nail while driving it in, and rather than yank it out and get another one for half a cent, you instead borrow your buddy's Nail Straightener D-Lux 9000, read through the 300-page manual on how to use it, and the end result is a nail that may or may not be safe to use.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:27 pm

hehe, nice