Data on a 3.5 diskette
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From: Gordon on 6 Mar 2010 11:43 "Den" <dcfz52(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e1RMm9JvKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > 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 NEVER edit MS Office files direct from a floppy disk. If you are old enough to be using floppies then you should be old enough to know that doing this is the quickest and easiest way to corrupted files. You should be copying the file to your HDD, editing it from there and re-saving to the floppy. <aside> - why is ANYONE still using 3.5" floppy disks in the 21st century? Even machines over TEN years old usually have USB ports....
From: Twayne on 6 Mar 2010 22:05 In news:%23KxttwUvKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, Gordon <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> typed: > "Den" <dcfz52(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:e1RMm9JvKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> 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 NEVER edit MS Office files direct from a floppy disk. > If you are old enough to be using floppies then you should > be old enough to know that doing this is the quickest and > easiest way to corrupted files. > You should be copying the file to your HDD, editing it from > there and re-saving to the floppy. > <aside> - why is ANYONE still using 3.5" floppy disks in > the 21st century? Even machines over TEN years old usually > have USB ports.... Because they're handy. Because I have a lot of them. Because I know the need refreshing on about a monthly cycle. Because they're large enough for most data I need to sneakernet around. Because they're so cheap. Because they work. Because they're reliable when treated correctly. Because they were handy when I was making ASR floppies and using ntbackup.exe. Because they'll format while you do other things and you lose no time with them. Because I want to. Also, when I read a query about a 3.5" diskette, I don't respond with "stick" answers. <aside> Why would anyone worry about whether it was 21st century technology or not? You ARE aware of course, that nearly all disk drive and memory is 20th century equiment, right? Along with 90% of the other components used in your computer that was bought just last week? -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
From: Gordon on 7 Mar 2010 03:18 "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:uVjrgMavKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Because they're so cheap. Actually they aren't. MB for MB a flash drive is FAR cheaper than floppies... 10 1.44 MB diskettes - �1.98. That's 14.4 MB for �1.98 - �0.14 per MB 2 *GB* flash drive �5.49. That's two THOUSAND MB for �5.49 - that' �.002 per MB. And flash drives last much longer than floppies...
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 7 Mar 2010 09:36 On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:18:37 -0000, "Gordon" <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > MB for MB a flash drive is FAR cheaper than > floppies... > > 10 1.44 MB diskettes - �1.98. That's 14.4 MB for �1.98 - �0.14 per MB > > 2 *GB* flash drive �5.49. That's two THOUSAND MB for �5.49 - that' �.002 per > MB. Good point, and one that I never thought about before. As a general rule, the more bytes some storage device holds, the cheaper it is per byte. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Twayne on 7 Mar 2010 16:52
In news:e456B7cvKHA.5812(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Gordon <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> typed: > "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:uVjrgMavKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> Because they're so cheap. They ARE cheap. Who said anything about flash? Or compared the cost to flash? No one asked for the cheapest cost/byte and which media. Your attempt to redirect has failed. Twayne > > Actually they aren't. MB for MB a flash drive is FAR > cheaper than floppies... > > 10 1.44 MB diskettes - �1.98. That's 14.4 MB for �1.98 - > �0.14 per MB > 2 *GB* flash drive �5.49. That's two THOUSAND MB for �5.49 > - that' �.002 per MB. > And flash drives last much longer than floppies... -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. |