How to recover data on disk?

I have been adding information periodicaly to a 1.44MB floppy disk. Now I get the message: A:\ is not accessible. The disk media is not recognized. It may not be formatted. All other floppy disk work normal. How can I recover the information on this disk?

This question was answered on June 3, 2003. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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The disk in the drive A is not readable The disk may have a bad boot record, errors in the FAT, or bad sectors Try using Nuts & Bolts to examine the disk for corruption and if possible to recover data.

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Posted by Student of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 3, 2003

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