Recovering Duke II disks

yellowdagger · 12-03-2012, 12:16 PM

I have the original Duke II floppies but aren't they aren't working. How can I recover them. Is it possible?

Bryan3DR · 12-04-2012, 08:29 AM

When you say "They arn't working" What errors are you getting?

The Dukenator · 12-06-2012, 06:18 AM

My guess is "Would you like to format this disk now?" If that's the case, try another floppy drive.

yellowdagger · 12-07-2012, 05:58 AM

I was able to recover them with badcopy pro trail . However they won't let me save without paying. What is another freeware floppy recover program?

MrBlackCat · 12-08-2012, 07:26 PM

Just my opinion, but I would not trust something like that to Freeware or even Cheapware. A botched recovery could cause you to lose what you might be able to recover now. Every run through the drive increases the chance of data loss. Even within a "successful" recovery, there can be anomalies you won't know about until you hit them. I have had that happen several times over the years. An example being you might get to the last level and it have errors that cause a crash.

MrBlackCat

KO Gilligan · 12-08-2012, 10:07 PM

try recuva - it's currently one of the best... and it is free.

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

12-04-2012, 08:29 AM	#2
Bryan3DR Administrator	Re: Recovering Duke II disks When you say "They arn't working" What errors are you getting?

12-03-2012, 12:16 PM	#1
yellowdagger	Recovering Duke II disks I have the original Duke II floppies but aren't they aren't working. How can I recover them. Is it possible?

12-06-2012, 06:18 AM	#3
The Dukenator	Re: Recovering Duke II disks My guess is "Would you like to format this disk now?" If that's the case, try another floppy drive. __________________ Thank you sir. May I have DNF? - KaiserSoze - Look in profile to get joke. These are English forums; anything the moderators can't read is eligible for deletion. - TerminX OMG, Duke killed Kenny! You bastard! - wayskobfssae

12-07-2012, 05:58 AM	#4
yellowdagger	Re: Recovering Duke II disks I was able to recover them with badcopy pro trail . However they won't let me save without paying. What is another freeware floppy recover program?

12-08-2012, 07:26 PM	#5
MrBlackCat	Re: Recovering Duke II disks Just my opinion, but I would not trust something like that to Freeware or even Cheapware. A botched recovery could cause you to lose what you might be able to recover now. Every run through the drive increases the chance of data loss. Even within a "successful" recovery, there can be anomalies you won't know about until you hit them. I have had that happen several times over the years. An example being you might get to the last level and it have errors that cause a crash. MrBlackCat __________________ YES! I do wear my Duke Xtreme t-shirt every day!* :) (Not really, sometimes I wear my Time to Kill* t-shirt... like while I am washing my other Duke shirts for instance.) :)

12-08-2012, 10:07 PM	#6
KO Gilligan	Re: Recovering Duke II disks try recuva - it's currently one of the best... and it is free. http://www.piriform.com/recuva