-=> ART TAIT wrote to ALL <=-

 AT> Anyone know what happens to these disks?  I use an old spreadsheet
 AT> program to keep track of my utility bill. Each month I update the files
 AT> and save them on the harddrive. I also keep copies on 2 floppies. I
 AT> have never had any problems with these 2 disks until a few days ago, I
 AT> kept getting an error say the disks were not formatted.  I tried them
 AT> on the old box running 98 with the same results.  98 asked if I wanted
 AT> to format the disk. When I said YES it did a full format. I than saved
 AT> a file on the floppie and brought it over to this machine running XP.
 AT> This time there was no problem and the file was listed.

 AT> Since I have been using these disks for sometime, I would not have been
 AT> overly surprised if ONE was bad but for both of them to die at the same
 AT> time is something else.

 AT> Yah I know floppies are a thing of the past but I have a lot of them
 AT> and they suit my purpose very well

 AT>                              Art        Goshen, Indiana
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Maybe the floppy disk or the disk it self is bad. 
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