I’m attempting to repeat a .WPS file from an outdated floppy disk to my MacBook Professional. I’m utilizing a Tendak USB Floppy Disk Drive (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01NCV01GY?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details).
The MacBook Professional acknowledges the disk and I can see the .WPS file. In Finder, I attempted to repeat the file into my Downloads folder. It begins copying (I can hear the disk whirring, and so forth.) and after about 30 seconds (it varies), an error pops up:
“The Finder cannot full the operation as a result of some knowledge in “filename.WPS” cannot be learn or written.
(Error code -36)”
I can open the (partially) copied file in TextEdit and I can see parts of the textual content, however not the whole file. It appears extremely variable what, if something is copied. Generally nothing is copied. Generally whole paragraphs are copied. Generally paragraphs are copied twice or out of order. As well as, it seems that some paragraphs are copied incorrectly into random characters.
Has anybody skilled this earlier than? I suppose the issue could possibly be within the floppy disk itself, within the Tendak drive I purchased, or within the copy command. If it is within the copy command, is there a approach to drive the copy to proceed regardless of any errors it encounters? If it is within the floppy disk or the drive, does anybody have any options?
Additionally, when I attempt to open the .WPS file on the floppy disk straight into TextEdit, it provides an error and says it will possibly’t be opened.
All I would like is the textual content within the .WPS file. The copied file does not must be .WPS.
