WinZip Problems...

[Merrick 0]

Just a quick question guys/gals...
When trying to unzip an Access Application that I tried saving on floppy disk, before I reformatted my harddrive, I'm getting an "I/O error (Message WZ54) - Unable to read from Zip file."
Anybody ever receive an error like this before, and if so, is there a fix for it?
Thanks everyone!
"Pammi's Hemp/Skydiving Jewelry"

[wildblue 7]

Try copying it to your hard drive, then opening and see what you get.
If you still get errors, run scan disk with surface test on the floppy.
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
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[Merrick 0]

Thanks Wildblue, but I'd already tried all that... It came up with 0 problems with the disk, and when I try to copy it to the harddrive I get an error "Cannot copy: The system cannot read from the specified device." So it won't even let me copy it. Shrug, who knows!
Thanks again, anyone else!?
"Pammi's Hemp/Skydiving Jewelry"

[wildblue 7]

K, if you can't even copy it to your drive, it's not a winzip problem.
Try a different computer (to make sure it's not the drive you're using) or try a different disk in that drive.
Try copying the disk, see if it'll let you do that
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag

[fonz 0]

Let me see if I get this right:
The floppy itself checks out ok after a surface scan and all that.
You can apparently cd to the floppy and do a DIR (or if you're afraid of DOS: "open" the floppy *rinse mouth*).
But you cannot read the file or copy it.
a) Try another computer. Floppies sometimes "malfunction" because drive heads are aligned slightly differently. I admit this is rare, but it can happen.
b) Have you tried copying the entire floppy byte by byte and writing the raw image back to another floppy?
Otherwise, it seems like the FAT may be screwed up. In which case recovering the file is likely to be hell.
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven

[Merrick 0]

OK, I finally got the file copied to my harddrive... Ended up doing a dos diskcopy then copying the file from the other disk, so aparently there was a bad sector on that floppy..... However, I'm still gettting one of the same errors I was getting previously when I try to extract the application. (Error: Invalid compressed data to inflate.). Who knows.
"Pammi's Hemp/Skydiving Jewelry"

[AggieDave 6]

Give me an old priest and a young priest...the power of Christ compels you...
Thats how we fixed a NT problem once...
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[fonz 0]

So what have we learnt from this?
Floppies suck. They are slow, have very low capacity and are independable as well.
Even considered getting a ZIPdrive or something similar?
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive

[Pammi 0]

We've learned that WindowsME blows green donkey d***** and that we'll be going to XP as soon as I find that silly serial number.... ;)
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[fonz 0]

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going to XP as soon as I find that silly serial number

Tssss! You need a serial number for that? Big Bill is watching you!
Alphons
http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven/skydive

[wildblue 7]

"The Lord tells me that he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're fucked. Hahaha!"
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag

[Pammi 0]

Yeah, apparently...serial number, crack..whatever :)
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