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    Question Floppy Disks working then not working 30 secs later!

    Since no one looked at my Kodak picture disk problem, maybe this will get some attention for a secondary problem that came up...

    I put the floppy disk in and it ran the program... no problem... i then exist the program and try to run it again, but i am told the exe is not found. NOTHING happened to the disk at all... i simply exited the program and then tried to run it again.

    what is wrong and what can i do to fix it?
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    Dude, your computer sucks .
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    Death to the floppies! They are crap!
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    Imran...

    this **** is killing me... ever have something weird happen and it's really not that big of a deal but you can't understand it at all? And you get so annoyed and fixated on it... thats whats going on with me now... i can't understand how this could possibly happen... it makes no sense...
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    Asher:

    you computer wizard... what could be wrong?
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    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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    upping this real quick in case i get banned...
    "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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    Originally posted by Albert Speer
    Asher:

    you computer wizard... what could be wrong?
    Place the floppy disk on top of your harddrive, then use the biggest magnet in the house to draw small circles over it.

    The forcefield from the harddrive coupled with the magnet will kickstart the floppy.

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    Oh, for the love of... *Sigh*

    Speer, don't do what Asher just said!
    The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

    The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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    What?

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    Originally posted by Albert Speer
    upping this real quick in case i get banned...
    Gee, now why I wonder would that be a concern...
    The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

    The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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    DRoseDARs:

    MTG: I was tempted to tag him on the last one, but figured you were on duty, so why bother
    Ming: Feel free if you wish... as far as I"m concerned, he is just asking for a restriction



    but asher... come on... seriously, if you know how to fix the disk, please tell me. I'll appreciate it greatly.


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    Are you still able to see the files in Windows Explorer or have you completely lost access to the floppy ?
    What?

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    If in doubt, run scandisk. If your disk is scragged, try downloading the drivers from the manufacturer. Your floppy drive might also be scragged, so try reading another disk in it. If that doesn't work, you can buy another floppy drive for very cheap.
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    First thing to do - check to see if the program is still on the floppy.

    There's some strange crap I saw lately - a floppy diskette drive could see the directory but could not load the files.
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    I hate floppy disks...I put the things anywhere near me and they seem to mess up
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    Originally posted by Asher
    Death to the floppies! They are crap!
    They support terrorism too.
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