How to Recover a Damaged Floppy Disk
A floppy disk is a magnetic data storage medium which is usually enclosed in a square plastic shell. The floppy disks are read or written using the floppy disk drive. The most common dimension of the floppy disk is 3 1/2 inches. There are also 5 1/4- and 8-inch floppy disks, but they are not used nowadays. The floppy disk is known for its high rate of failure and is one of the most unreliable secondary storage mediums. Though CDs and DVDs have become the main storage media nowadays, floppy disks are still in use.
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Instructions
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Download "BadCopy Pro" from download.cnet.com. Install the utility using the default settings and then insert the damaged floppy disk into your floppy drive. The trial version is free; the full version costs between $39.50 and $138.
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Open BadCopy Pro and select "Floppy Disk" from "Recovery Source" tab. Then set the recovery mode to corrupted. This mode is used to recover all the damaged files from the source, which is the floppy disk in this case.
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Click the "Next" button to start the recovery process. Wait for a few minutes as the software reads the disk and analyzes the data to recover the damaged files.
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After the recovery is successful the recovery report pops up, specifying the recovered files. Select the destination folder to which you want to save the recovered files using the "Browse" button that appears at the bottom of the screen.
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Click "Next" to save the recovered files in the directory you specified in step 4. Once the files are copied, BadCopy Pro prompts that the task is complete. Close the window.
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Navigate to the destination directory you specified to find the recovered files. Open those files to verify that the recovery was successful.
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