Hi Jay,
The only way I can think of saving info from a disk like that is through
DOS. Although if there is 0 bytes used I would be dubious about anything
being on it in the first place.
___________________________________________________
Fergal O'Neill
Science and IT Department
Rosary College
Armagh Road
Crumlin
Dublin 12.
School Ph: 01-4555824      School Fax: 01-4560856
Personal Mobile: 086-8393093
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
School Web Page: http://homepage.eircom.net/~rosarycollege
Personal Web Page: http://www.esatclear.ie/~fergalmj
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a
miracle. The other is as if everything is."

Albert Einstein

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Merritt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 9:28 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Unformatted Disk recovery?


> Hi all,
> I purchased a 3 1/2" floppy from one of my suppliers, which is supposed to
> have some much needed information on it. Well, when you try to open it, a
> message says the disk is not formatted, would you like to format it now?
Of
> course I choose no as that would destroy all info on the disk. I paid
$20.00
> for the disk and the supplier will not replace it. When you look at the
> properties in explorer, the disk shows 0 bites used and 0 bite capacity.
If
> there is information on the disk, does anybody know how to recover it for
no
> cost?
>
> Thanks,
> Jay Merritt
>
>               The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech
>                      support at our newest website:
>                           http://freepctech.com
>

               The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering
              Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along
         with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD...  at a great price!!!
             http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml