Re: Off topic... (problem)

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 I understand your point, but I find it strange that my Win95
 machine can read a file that I manage (at times) to save to a
 floppy on my Win XP machine, but it will not work the other
 way around. I thought that upward compatibility was the norm?
 I am wonder if it have a bad floppy drive or ribbon cable on
 my new machine.

 M.W. Poirier

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On Mon, 23 May 2005, Leslie Bialler wrote:

> I don't know the technical answer, but the plain English answer is the
> file formatting system was different in 95. That may provide a clue.
> Hopefully somebody more technically oriented can explain in detail.
>
> M.W. Poirier wrote:
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> > On my new computer (OS Windows XP), I almost always get a
> > "data error (cyclical redundance check)" when I try to copy
> > a file from my floppy drive to my hard drive, ...
> > Is there a way to test for what may be causing the problem?
> >
> > M.W. Poirier
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> >
> >
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