Data on a 3.5 diskette
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From: Pegasus [MVP] on 5 Mar 2010 18:29 "EN59CVH" <EN59CVH(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4B91905E.F9988708(a)discussions.microsoft.com... > I suggest boot up your system in safe mode and then copy everything from > the flash-drive to your HD in a temporary folder. Then perform a quick > format on your flash drive before re-using it. You can then put > everything back on this drive and you will be able to access your > files. It looks like you pulled the flash drive from the USB port > before doing the Safe Removal Operation. > > hth Mmh. Wasn't the OP talking about a 3.5" diskette?
From: Gord Dibben on 5 Mar 2010 18:50 What type of flash drive is a 3.5 inch diskette? Gord On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:14:38 +0000, EN59CVH <EN59CVH(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I suggest boot up your system in safe mode and then copy everything from >the flash-drive to your HD in a temporary folder. Then perform a quick >format on your flash drive before re-using it. You can then put >everything back on this drive and you will be able to access your >files. It looks like you pulled the flash drive from the USB port >before doing the Safe Removal Operation. > >hth > > >Den wrote: >> >> I realize this may be somewhat old school, but I have a problem with some >> data on a 3.5 diskette using WinXP. I put some personal data in a '.xls' >> file on a 3.5 diskette and update it every now and then. The other day when >> I put the disk in to enter some new data, I received the following error >> msg: "book1.xls" cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may >> be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document is >> stored on may not be responding. My options at this point are "RETRY" or >> "CANCEL". >> >> I check the disk drive with other diskettes to see if it worked with them, >> and they opened fine. I copied another *.xls file to the diskette to see if >> I could access it, and it worked fine. I had no problem opening the 2nd >> xls file on the diskette. I ran error checking on the disk, and it came up >> clean. I tried disk-copy with no luck either. Can anyone help me with this, >> or advise me where I can get help? >> >> Thank you! >> Dennis
From: Gord Dibben on 5 Mar 2010 18:57 Excel creates a temporary file on the source disk when the file is opened. If the temp file is not properly deleted when you close the file, Excel still thinks the file is open and gives the "read-only" message. Very common when opening from or saving directly to a floppy diskette. Not a practice I would recommend. Gord On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:01:30 +0000, EN59CVH <EN59CVH(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >DL wrote: >> > >> Personally I would'nt edit any file stored on a floppy, niether would I use >> a floppy or USB stick to store critical data, only for use in copying data >> from A to B > >who cares what you do or not do. USB sticks are meant to create backups >and there is nothing wrong to edit files directly on them. > >You are jobless drug junkie and consequently without any brains. Your >opinion is not important here.
From: philo on 5 Mar 2010 20:01 Den wrote: > I realize this may be somewhat old school, but I have a problem with > some data on a 3.5 diskette using WinXP. I put some personal data in a > '.xls' file on a 3.5 diskette and update it every now and then. The > other day when I put the disk in to enter some new data, I received the > following error msg: "book1.xls" cannot be accessed. The file may be > read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the > server the document is stored on may not be responding. My options at > this point are "RETRY" or "CANCEL". > > I check the disk drive with other diskettes to see if it worked with > them, and they opened fine. I copied another *.xls file to the diskette > to see if I could access it, and it worked fine. I had no problem > opening the 2nd xls file on the diskette. I ran error checking on the > disk, and it came up clean. I tried disk-copy with no luck either. Can > anyone help me with this, or advise me where I can get help? > > Thank you! > Dennis quit wasting your time and throw it out and use another one
From: Big_Al on 5 Mar 2010 22:17
Den said this on 3/5/2010 3:06 PM: > I realize this may be somewhat old school, but I have a problem with > some data on a 3.5 diskette using WinXP. I put some personal data in a > '.xls' file on a 3.5 diskette and update it every now and then. The > other day when I put the disk in to enter some new data, I received the > following error msg: "book1.xls" cannot be accessed. The file may be > read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the > server the document is stored on may not be responding. My options at > this point are "RETRY" or "CANCEL". > > I check the disk drive with other diskettes to see if it worked with > them, and they opened fine. I copied another *.xls file to the diskette > to see if I could access it, and it worked fine. I had no problem > opening the 2nd xls file on the diskette. I ran error checking on the > disk, and it came up clean. I tried disk-copy with no luck either. Can > anyone help me with this, or advise me where I can get help? > > Thank you! > Dennis You can try doing a chkdsk on it. Just like a hard drive. Problem is, the program will fix the disc but you may lose the data. |