"Lee Masson" <hammer_fan@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I am on Windows XP, and for some reason I cannot access any floppy disk as
> they cannot be read on my floppy drive.
>
> I have had the pc for 3yrs, and am sure I have used some disks in it
during
> that time.
>
> I know some of them might have been set-up on Windows 98, but that
shouldnt
> make a difference should it.
>
> Every time I put a disk in that has something on, it tells me I need to
> format the disk.
>
> Even when I do, it still wont work.
>
> I have removed the drivers and rebooted, with no resolution.
>
> I know nobody uses floppy disk drives no more, but I have information on
> some that I need to access.
>
> Can anyone help me
>
> Thanks
>
>

Probably a disk drive gone bad. Get a friend to make you a Win98
boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com, then boot your machine
with this boot disk. If it boots successfully and if it then can read
your floppy data disks then you have a Windows problem. If it
still can't read them then you have a floppy disk problem.