Sunday, February 10, 2008

Recover data from unreadable, scratched and corrupt floppies

A Floppy Disk is data storage device which is made from a disk of thin, flexible magnetic storage medium in the shape of a square or rectangular plastic shell. A Floppy Disk needs a floppy disk drive or FDD to read and write data on it. It was invented by IBM and came in 8, 5.25, and 3.5 inch sizes. It used to be very popular method of data storage and exchange during 1970s to late 1990s.

These disks were used by most of the computer users for data storage and were an important method of storing data. They were mostly used by computer users before hard drives became an important part of the computers. They were the primary means of storing and managing data.

Even though they were the most popular method of data storage they were vulnerable to damage due to reasons such as:

1. Magnetic fields
2. Flexing or bending
3. Excessive temperature
4. Touching the magnetic surfaces
5. Solvents or other reactive chemicals
6. Removal of the disk from a drive while in use
7. Excessive amounts of dust, smoke, or other pollutants

If any kind of damage takes place due to these reasons data on floppy drive would not be accessible and can be lost. To recover data in these situations, you will need the help of data recovery software.

The software will help repair and recover data from damaged or defective floppies. It also supports data recovery from unreadable, scratched and corrupt floppies. It also supports disk recovery when TOC (Table of Contents) is bad or damaged. The software can also help recover data from severely damaged floppies. It also provides data recovery when data can not be accessed and disk indicates that it is full.

Additionally, the software supports data recovery when the computer freezes while trying to read the floppy disk. It can be used with various file systems and operating systems.
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