Could be bad sectors on the disk, the disk drive head isn't reading
it properly, etc.
On Feb 28, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Marilyn wrote:
What happens to a disk when the message - "This disk is not
formatted," appears on my computer screen, yet it is a disk that
I've been using for several months?
Yesterday I was working on a project, stored the material on a
disk, went to bed, woke up this morning and tried to retrieve the
work and I can't retrieve it. Does the disk just wear out?
Did aliens zap it with electrical impulse weapons while I slept?
Are there such things as little "disk raiders" who creep in during
the night and erase material stored on disks as a form of
entertainment?
Why does this happen to the disks that I don't back up because,
"Just this once I'll store material on one disk without backing it
up" (are the disk raiders/aliens psychic?)?
Just wondering.
Marilyn
