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Operating System Specific Discussions => Amiga OS => Amiga OS -- Development => Topic started by: warbonet on December 05, 2005, 07:58:21 PM
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If anyone can help, I will really appreciated it.
A few years ago I owned an Amiga. I think it was a 2000.
I generated a couple of disks with very important information on them. I now need that information, but can not retrieve it with the computer I now own.
I took the disks to the computer shop where I purchased the pc. They told me there is something on the disks, but were unable to open them.
It is like having a book with the pages glued together.
Please Help!
Thank you, Warbonet.
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They weren't able to read the disks because amiga floppies are unreadable on pc drives. They can be read with a catweasel controller, but for one disk retrieving could be a bit expensive. If you still have your amiga you can transfer it to your pc, using a serial cable and amiga explorer from cloanto.
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An other way is to use a real Amiga that supports crossdos. Format a PC 3.5 Disk low density disk. Make sure it is a Low Density format. Windows2000 or 98 will let you do that but no WinXP. Then just copy your files on the PC formatted disk. Bingo ...your done.
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If you are in the UK you can send me those disks and I will transfer them to a PC disk or CD for you. Where are you located?
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Your best bet is to get a hold of someone with an Amiga to transfer the data to a PC 720k or email it to you. Where are you located? I am sure you can find an Amiga user close by to do this for you for free.
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DaBest wrote:
Windows2000 or 98 will let you do that but no WinXP.
Wrong. format /t:80 /n:9 A: