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Floopy Disk drive [Cannot copy floppy disk]

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by bobm735, 2005/09/25.

  1. 2005/09/25
    bobm735

    bobm735 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I try to copy a floopy disk to another floopy in my A:drive I right moust click on drive and tell it to copy disk nothing happens it lights up thats it.
    windowsxp home edition.

    thank you
     
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    PeteC

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    Do you have an Iomega Zip drive in the computer by any chance?
     
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    polsonja

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    copying disks

    Have you tried copying in DOS?
     
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    bobm735

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    floopy

    No I haven't tryed copying in dos didn't no I could

    thank you
     
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    bobm735

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    floopy

    I do have two External drives USB plug in to back up my data
     
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  7. 2005/09/26
    polsonja

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    disk copy

    To copy in dos open up a dos window. One way is to type command in the run menu. Once your in dos, type diskcopy a: a:
    Press enter. Then follow the prompts. You will be asked to insert the first disk. Once done press enter. Your floppy should start working for a few minutes. Then you will be asked to insert the second disk. Then press enter. Your floppy should start working for a few minutes. Then at the end , you will be asked if you want any more disks to be copied. Press no if you don't want to copy any more disks.
     
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    PeteC

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    I asked about the Zip drive because some years ago when I had a Zip drive installed together with the Iomega software there was a problem with copying floppy disks in XP. A bug in the Iomega software knocked out disk copying in XP and I may still have the solution filed away somewhere.

    If you are unable to copy a disk via the command prompt as outlined by polsonja the floppy drive may be bad. Does it read floppies and can you write data to a floppy from Windows Explorer?
     
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    bobm735

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    floppy

    I can go to Dos. and copy to a A: but when I put the blank disk in when it call's for it here is the error message I get.

    Cannot lock drive. The Volume is still in use.
    copy process ended
     
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  10. 2005/09/26
    charlesvar

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    Hello bobm,

    I'm not altogether clear on how you're trying to do the copying from your first post.

    What happens if you try copying to the HD first and then copy from the HD to the 2nd floppy?

    Regards - Charles
     
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    bobm735

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    floppy

    Hi Charles
    thank you that work I copied floppy to HD and then put it on a Floppy .

    thanks to all
     
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