[Coco] 360K 3.5 inch floppies... hmmm

[George Ramsower]

 Mike,

  I think you missed something here. These are unformatted diskettes. All my 
software and data are already backed up in numerous ways, including onto 
this PC and CDs.
  I was looking for a way to keep these floppies in good shape for future 
use.
George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pepe"


> I'd say the best thing to do would be to read the disks and save them as

> images onto a more modern storage medium.

>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From:  George Ramsower

>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:26 PM

>>  I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to preserve the integrity of the

>> media

>> on these difficult to find discs.

>>  I keep my unused and unformatted stuff in the dark, humiditiy and

>> temperature controlled environment(My Darkroom).

>>

>>  Is there a known way to preserve these things any better? Maybe drop

>> them

>> in liquid Nitrogen and keep them there until ready to use? hehe

>>

>>  Really, what is the best method of making sure the magnetic media

>> doesn't

>> fall off the darned thing or, whatever goes wrong over the years.

>>

>> George

>>

>>

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