Hi,
I have an important file on a floppy disk but cannot access it as the error message ' Data error - cyclic redundancy check ' appears when i try and open it.
I know the file is still there as i have managed to preview it but i cannot afford to purchase the software that claims to be able to recover such files.
Thanks
David
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Team Colleague
You can try something like SCANDISK in Windows 98/ME, or CHKDSK in XP/2k to try to fix the file. But, if the media in the floppy is damaged, the file is going to be unrecoverable.
The only other option would be to check a place like DriveSavers, that could recover your data from the disk, but if you can't afford software to do it, those guys are going to be out of your range, too...
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