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FAT to RAW
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:02 am
by woodchip
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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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:28 am
by BUBBALOU
splurge a little and drop $0.02 for another floppy and move on!!!
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:34 am
by woodchip
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.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:46 am
by Iceman
L M F A O !
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:04 am
by MD-2389
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.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:54 am
by Xamindar
Get a Linux os and you can probably fix that disk.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:59 pm
by Mobius
hint: remove floppy drive.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:31 pm
by Gammaray
Mobius wrote:hint: remove floppy drive.
No Kidding, floppies are useless these days.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:33 pm
by woodchip
So no one knows how the floppy got converted to RAW?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 4:08 pm
by fliptw
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.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:31 pm
by BUBBALOU
Oh mighty magnet hear thy plea!!!
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:40 pm
by woodchip
Thanks, I think I get the idea now.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:47 pm
by Vindicator
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.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:27 pm
by Xamindar
hehe, nice