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3 1 2 floppy disk not formatted9/3/2023 ![]() We now have a large pile of supposedly unformattable floppy disks. We bring the updates home on a floppy and copy them to the appropriate file on our computer. I should mention that we use AVG anti-virus and this is current. The error correction tools also stop after a couple of seconds. The floppy is shown as being full and already formatted as “RAW”. Going to Properties and then Tools is of no help. It stops after a couple of seconds and then advises that the disk in Drive A cannot be formatted. Do you want to format it now?” It contains information that I have just put on it so it why has it now unformatted itself? If I answer “Yes” the computer fails to reformat the floppy. Regularly, after some weeks of use, I will insert a floppy that I have been using without problems into our computer and will receive a message: “The disk in Drive A is not formatted. We have a Toshiba Satellite 5200 with Windows XP home. I regularly use floppy disks to take my outgoing emails to an Internet cafe and then to bring my incoming emails home to be read on our computer. ![]()
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