How can I retreve information from a floppy disk

I'm currently retreve information from a floppy disk, as did several diskettes that I already checked information on configuration for some time, so when I double click on the floppy icon drive I get this dialog box indicating that I need to format the drive, as just about anyone who knows that by formatting the drive you lose Information that is on it.

I have no idea why you posted this in the Feedback forum, to post comments abou the Microsoft Answers website, is not for technical questions.  I moved your post to the Windows forum "files, folders, and search.  Please come back to your thread, click on modify just below, change the drop-down list for the Windows Version to indicate which version of Windows you are using, and then click on submit.

Magnetic media is not always given.  Chances are good that the information deteriorated over time.  In addition, the alignment between the diskette and the drive may be incompatible, which means that even if the data is still there, your floppy drive won't be able to read it.

The first thing to do is to try another PC with a floppy drive to see if it can read the disk.  If it cannot, you are screwed unless you want to pay a data recovery company to get the data.

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