The need for programs to restore floppy disk files has certainly diminished over the last 10 years. Very few people use the now somewhat ancient 3.5 inch 1.44 MB floppy disks for digital storage. Still, billions of floppy disks were sold and an infinite amount of data is still being stored and accessed from those disks. For this reason we have designed File Finder as an effective tool for floppy recovery.
The process of recovering deleted or damaged files on a floppy disk is much the same as any other type of data recovery. However, because when we are dealing with a floppy disk we are attempting to handle a somewhat delicate and inconsistent device a few simple tips are in order. Begin by making sure the write protection slide is in place. This will protect against any possibility of overwriting the files. Next, use the tip of a pen and spin the floppy disk itself several times inside of its plastic carriage. These disks were famous for sticking when not in use for any length of time. Now insert your floppy disk into your computer’s drive and load the File Finder recovery disk into your computer’s CD/DVD disk drive. Once File Finder loads’ simply select from the drop down menu the location of the floppy disk drive and click on the find files button. All of the files stored on that floppy disk along with any deleted files will be located and shown for recovery.
