Floppy Disk Help

[18hRX9L8]

I was running my Win98 (Yes, fixed the keyboard error :P.) when I found this floppy disk. I put it in and looked at what was inside of it. Then I took it out and put it away. A week later, I wanted to put something on my Win98, and since I did not want to waste my non-rewritable CD's, I put my floppy disk in my other computer (Win2000) to add the files. An error came up that the floppy disk was not formatted and that I had to format the drive. It was okay for me because the files on it were really old and of no importance to me. So I clicked "Okay"... A good minute later (full of whirring noises and ticking noises), it gave me an error that the floppy drive was "write-protected". Thinking this is an error, I put it back in my Win98 and got the same thing (whirring noises and ticking noises and that I had to format my drive and that it was "write-protected").

I then looked up how to write to a "write-protected" floppy disk and they said to cover up the hole, but it already was!!! So I uncovered the hole to test it and put it back in Win2000 and in 2 seconds it said it was "write-protected" and when I covered the hole, in a minute same thing. I'm not sure what happened or what is going on...

This floppy drive worked before, then it stopped working. I can't even read it... It's like it's "read-and-write-protected".

Any suggestions? (And buying a new floppy disk is not an option.)

[LB]

Copy the files by hand to honor the pioneers of computing?

[18hRX9L8]

L B wrote:

Copy the files by hand to honor the pioneers of computing?

Haha. The problem is, I cannot even READ the files!

[LB]

You can't read the files you're trying to put on the floppy disk? Well there's your problem.

In all seriousness, I think maybe you could do some sort of serial connection at best :\

[18hRX9L8]

Oh, I think you are mistaken. I have no use for the files as homework (or in academics/jobs/...), I am trying to get USB drivers and WG111T drivers on it so I can connect to the Internet and use it as a normal desktop, not some useless 5GB hard drive waste of space...

[18hRX9L8]

Okay fine, I used up a CD. New problem: I need to get my system upgraded due to CRYPT32.DLL being to awesome... Gosh, is this Win98 really that old?

[18hRX9L8]

You know what, I feel like donating it... I thought technology was supposed to make life easier.

Edit: I should also donate my Win2000, it caused all of this.
Edit2: Hell, I should donate my WinXP... I am all set with my Win7 anyway.

[LB]

Technology may be meant to make life easier in some cases, but when it comes to Windows and the time period of bad programming it was made during...

[18hRX9L8]

Well, I'm going to put this project to rest until summer.