[NTLUG:Discuss] access data on "damaged" Win95 floppy?

[Fred James]

dd returns an I/O error on the disk

Bug Hunter wrote:
> 
>   you can use dd to get the data off the floppy
> 
> dd if=/dev/fd0 of=filename
> 
>   then use a binary editor or a loop device to try to read the data.  it
> is mostly hopeless without a LOT of time involved.
> 
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Fred James wrote:
> 
> > Has anybody got any suggestions for retrieving Word documents from a
> > floppy that suddenly is "not accessible"?
> > I am open to suggestions for either Win95 or Linux machines.
> >
> > --
> > "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
> > themselves up
> > and hurry off as if nothing had happened" -Winston Churchill
> > ... ain't it so?
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"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up
and hurry off as if nothing had happened" -Winston Churchill
... ain't it so?