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by hurdk

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I am experiencing data problems such as cyclic redundancy check when trying to copy data from a floppy to a hard drive.

Is there any hardware of software to handle this?

I am willing to lose bad data.

Thank you.

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by ann777

You can run a "chkdsk /r a:" from the command prompt.... but most likely when you get bad crcs the floppy is going bad and your data or file will be partially corrupted.

You can and should also try the floppy in another floppy drive. Sometimes, as drive heads drift, the floppy's sectors get misaligned and if you find that only one computer can read this particular floppy (the computer that created the floppy), then you should copy the contents to the hdd and transfer the file via any other method (ie. not use the floppy drive until it is replaced with a new one).

Bad CRCs can also come from bad data downloads/file transfers. If your files came from the Internet, you might try re-downloading them. Communication errors can create Bad CRCs.

by hurdk

Excellent answer
I have recovered the file
I opened the file in notepad.
Thank you.

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