Reading a floopy disk from an Amstrad PCW with Windows ME

[keepingbusy]

Hi All

Please can someone help me with the following. I have two floppy disks that were originally used on an Amstrad PCW 9256 computer (That was sometime ago) and the files on the disks need to be read by your everyday DOS floppy A drive with a Windows ME operating system. I read somewhere once that there is a way into fooling the A drive into thinking its something else. Can anyone point me in the direction?
Thank you in anticipation
KB in the UK When everything else is said and done, there will be nothing else to say or do! God Bless everyone....

 

[edfair]

Disks should be readable as they exist. The floppies carry all the info the operating system needs to read them. Just don't try to write to them.

Ed Fair
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[keepingbusy]

Hi Edfair

I haven't tried to write to the floppy, I'm trying to read it. The message I receive is "The disk in drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now?"
Obviously I don't because there are files on it (3)!
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
KB When everything else is said and done, there will be nothing else to say or do! God Bless everyone....

 

[edfair]

Suspect that you may be trying to read a low density disk on a hidensity floppy. And there are interchange problems as the magnetic domains weaken.
If you can find a machine with a low density drive you might have better luck. The track widths are wider with lo density and so a wide head might help.
You may be able to verify that if the disks is labeled as mf2d.
And different machines might have better luck. Ed Fair
unixstuff@juno.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.

 

[keepingbusy]

Thanks edfair for taking the time to reply, I'll keep trying!
KB When everything else is said and done, there will be nothing else to say or do! God Bless everyone....