floppy to cd copy

al g · Oct 6, 2013

i have several floppy discs in MIDI (music) format - these were recorded in the late 90s thru 2003 - they will not play thru my floppy drive (i have many others that do play). i think these might be a different density or speed.
any idea how i can copy these files to cd? i don't mind buying a different drive but don't know what to look for.

thanks, al

COLGeek · Oct 6, 2013

Are you able to read the floppy disks from any FDD device (like list the contents)?

al g · Oct 6, 2013

not sure i understand - when loading these discs to a 144 driv my computer (s) generate msg: disc must be formatted in order to use. i can't get any info from the disc and it will not format but i know they contin muic files.

COLGeek · Oct 6, 2013

If you are unable to open the floppy disks, that would imply they are corrupted or defective. You can try to run a tool like recuva (see below) to recover the files.

www.piriform.com/recuva

al g · Oct 6, 2013

tried this - it says the disc is not recognized - it may not be formatted.
this disc does play in the pian but only 2 songs at a time - i have transferred all other discs to cd and memory for continued play but computer will not recognize these. i think there may have been a different recording type used during that period or there is some kind of propritory read protect.

COLGeek · Oct 6, 2013

Do you know what file extension the files use? Did you ever have stuff recorded via an old Mac or linux machine? If so, could be a different file system that DOS/Windows doesn't recognize (something other than FAT).

al g · Oct 6, 2013

have no idea, can't open properties - 1 company out of business (invisable touch music - says compatable with GS instruments).

COLGeek · Oct 6, 2013

You could download a Live Linux CD (like the ones below, I suggest you use the x86 version) and burn it to CD. Then boot from that CD (it won't affect your Windows installation) and then see if you can access the disks via the disk utilities. Info and instructions can be found here as well for using the LiveCD:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD#How-To_LiveCD_Ubuntu

popatim · Oct 6, 2013

GS was an update that Roland did to genernal midi (GM) tables to incorporate more features. Later GM1 replaced that. so a GS instrument just refers to one capable of handling GS midi.

What was the name brand of the piano these came from? I'm thinking they might be in an amiga format which if I remember right, was pretty big in the Music world back then.

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