Comments on: Looking for a solution to restore Quicken files

By: Shaine Mata

Shaine Mata — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:28:55 +0000

Thanks Mero. I’m going to hire it out to more experienced people. I’m not having any luck.I had some luck with different drives, but it wasn’t enough. I’m thinking it may still be on the reformatted hard drive. We shall see.

By: The Merovingian

The Merovingian — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:37:29 +0000

Try a different floppy drive first.
(If you need, I have a brand new one you may borrow)
Also, remember that much like a doctor,”First, do no harm.”

From the ancient days, use an antique utility called “copy-right” to clone your floppies, then attempt data recovery on the copies.

For data recovery on the copies, use the old,old Norton Disk Doctor. (you might have to boot to dos 5 or 6 to use it)

In case you are wondering about the quality of this advice, one of my favorite things to say is, “Damn, I’m good!”… and it is so true….

By: Shaine Mata

Shaine Mata — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:37:55 +0000

totalrecall.com could not help, but they did refer me to binarybiz.com to restore floppies.

By: Shaine Mata

Shaine Mata — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:11:21 +0000

Thanks. I’ll give it a try.

By: rgvranchhand

rgvranchhand — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:07:23 +0000

You may also want to try the disk on an older system running Windows 95/98. I used to have luck reading disks that would not read on newer systems like WinMe,2K,XP.

By: rgvranchhand

rgvranchhand — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:05:48 +0000

Shaine I was in a similar situation. I had some critical data on a disk that had gone bad. I visited a fee site called total recall and they were able to retrieve my files online.