How to save a document on a floppy disk

Your floppy disk drive may be defective. Also, Some floppy drives are manufactured differently. Your best bet is to find another floppy drive to read your floppy disk. You can try to take it to the nearest computer store and ask them to read it for you. If they can read it at the computer store? The Sabrent drive you received if bad. If they cannot read it the floppy is bad. If the floppy is bad you can try to download free data recovery software to attempt to recover your data, files etc. Good luck

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I doubt you have one. Computer manufacturers have not been installing floppy disks for some years now.

debiplow401 what if I give you the instructions?

ThinkPad T30 Setup Guide.

(How to;
1) Set up your computer
2) Turn on the system
3) Use the TrackPoint pointing device
4) Volume button controls
5) Access ThinkPad

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-42266

Click on the first file listed -
t30engsq 62p9239.pdf.............English - Setup Guide for ThinkPad T30

This is a PDF file. Takes a few seconds after you click on the file name to see the first page. Also takes additional time to fully download. Suggest letting the file fully download before looking through it, or saving a copy.

If you are aware of the following please disregard;

1) The box to the right of the blue Down Arrow is the page number box.
If you know the page number you wish to go to, you can;
A) Put your mouse cursor in the box, Left-click once
B) Type the page number
C) Press the Enter key

Much faster than using the Down Arrow.

The + sign in the top header is the Zoom In icon.
The - sign is the Zoom Out icon.
Most of the time the file will be downloaded in a too large view for readily viewing.

To save a copy:
You can save a copy to a CD disk.
This way you can delete it from your computer, and save Harddrive space, and have the file anytime you wish.

Left-click on the Floppy Disk icon.
The Floppy Disk icon is in the top header, and is the second icon from the left.
If you hover your mouse cursor over the Floppy Disk icon, it will briefly reveal,
"Click to save this file to your computer or another location"

After you click on the Floppy Disk icon a small window will come up.
Save a copy...
At the top of the Save a copy window you will see a box with - Save in: to the left.
In the box is stated where the file will download to.

I would put the file in My Documents.
Click on the blue Down Arrow to the right of the box, then click on My Documents in the list.

Down at the bottom of the Save a copy window is the File name: box.
You will see - t30ensq_62p9239.pdf in the box.
You can add to this file name to make it easier for you to find.

Put your mouse cursor in the box right after the f in .pdf
Left-click twice.
Type ThinkPad T30 Setup Guide.

Now go to the bottom of the Save a copy window, and click on Save.

To find, and open the file:
Click on Start> Double-click on My Documents > Click on the file name

You may wish to have this also,
ThinkPad T30 Service and Troubleshooting Guide -

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-42265

Click on the 4th file down,
T30engstq 67p4720.pdf.............English - Service and Troubleshooting Guide for T30

This is a PDF file.
You can save this to CD disk also.

Have you tried to download it from Acer Support?

This is Acer Support, and the download page for Guides and Manuals, for the Aspire x1300 series of desktop computers,

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/2009/acer/aspire/AspireX1300/AspireX1300ul.shtml

The Acer Aspire X1300 User's Guide is the first file listed.

This file is a PDF file. The computer you are using has Adobe Reader on it, which uses PDF files.

After you left-click on - Acer Aspire X1300 User's Guide, you may not see anything happening for a few seconds.

The PDF file is downloading in the background.

Should you wish to save this PDF file to your computer, left-click on the Floppy Disk icon in the top header of the file.

(This way you can burn a copy off to a CD disk for safekeeping, and can also delete the file off of your computer, so that you will have more harddrive space)

The Floppy Disk icon is the second icon from the left, in the top header.
If you hover your mouse icon over the Floppy Disk icon, it will briefly reveal,
'Click to save this to your computer or another location'

After you have clicked on the Floppy Disk icon, a small window will come up.
Save a copy...

At the bottom of the Save a copy window is a box with - File name:

The name of the file is -
UM_ACER_1_0_EN_X1300_X1301

Go down to the bottom right of the Save a copy window, and left-click on - Save.

If you have your downloads set to save to your My Documents folder (Documents for Vista) this file will go there.

If you do Not have your documents set to save to your My Documents folder, this file will go to your desktop screen.

When you see the file name, Double-click on it to open it.

(Note* There is also a separate folder in My Documents. Downloads. The file may may be downloaded to the Downloads folder.

If you have trouble downloading this file, come back, and let me know, or if you have any additional questions about this.

Simply state so in a Comment.

Get software called Unstopablecopier, that MAY work.

Try using scandisk on the Floppy. Better still get a memory stick - floppies are notoriously unreliable, slow and small.

How about downloading the User's Guide for it?
This is Brother Support, and the Download Manuals and Documentation page,

http://www.brother-usa.com/Manuals/Default.aspx?WT.cg_n=Support&WT.cg_s=Manuals

You will need the exact model of HL-5200.
Click the blue down arrow, to the right of the box that has -> Select your model <-, in it.
Scroll the slider down, and click on your model number.

I chose the HL-5240 for an example.
The downloads page has Users Manual-English listed, under the Your Results heading.
It is a PDF file download. The computer you're using now has Adobe Reader on it, and Adobe Reader uses PDF files.

After you click on Users Manual-English, you may not see anything happening right away. Be patient, as the PDF file is downloading to your computer.
It may take as much as 30 seconds.
WAIT, until it has Fully downloaded before looking through it.

I don't know if your familiar with PDF files. You can save them to your computer. This way you won't have to go through downloading it again, and can copy it to CD disk. You'll always have a Users Manual available this way.

To save this PDF file to your computer:

AFTER the file has Fully downloaded, go up to the top header, and click on the Floppy Disk icon. The Floppy Disk icon is the second icon from the left. Hovering your mouse cursor on it will briefly reveal, "Click to save this file to your computer or another location"

After you click on the Floppy Disk icon another small window will come up. -> Save a copy:
At the bottom of the Save a copy window is a box, with File name:, to the right of it. You will see something like c00345897.pdf in the File name:, box.
Unless you feel like looking around for that number/letter combo, try this:

Put your mouse cursor right after the -> f, in .pdf
Left-click Twice. Now make one space with your spacebar. Type -> Brother HL-5200 User Manual. (You of course will type in THE model number, instead of HL-5200)
This makes it much easier to find, huh?

If you do not have your downloads set to download to your My Documents folder,(Start>My Documents), this file will go to your desktop screen.
When you see it in either place, just double-click on it to open it.

The error means 3 things:

1. Files format of the files saved on the Floppy disk is not readable on the OS or does not comply with the file format of the OS. So you really need to format it.

2. The floppy disk is brand new and you need to format it first.

3. The floppy disk is not working. Try a known working floppy disk.