Cannot open a file saved (on a diskette) under Windows 98 with Windows 2000 NTFS

Hey all,

I have a file, on a diskette, saved under Windows 98 operating system and I am trying to open it with Windows 2000 NTFS file system. I get an error message: Unreadable file or file corrupted.... Is there a solution for this problem.
Cheers!

 

Most likely a problem with one of the floppy drives.

Floppy file systems are always FAT which both 98 and 2K (with FAT32 or NTFS) have no problems with.

Try formatting a floppy on the 2K PC and using that one to store the file and see if your problem goes away (or if the 98 PC refuses to work with the floppy).

 

Panama, Newt is probably correct however you might like to look at your floppy disk for bad sectors ,if so throw it out. Which brings me to the best way to format a floppy. What I do is:- Type format a: /u at the MS-DOS prompt(substitute A: for whatever drive letter you wish). The /u paramenter specifies an unconditional format, meaning that it won't save unformat information, yielding a faster format,more free diskette space, and a more reliable format. Again if any errors(bad sectors) are reported junk the thing.