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Re: [ARSCLIST] Thanks! Was: *Windows* Floppy Disc Blues--aka data recovery software suggestions?



On 1/31/07, Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Andy:


My experience, and it's well documented elsewhere -- "floppy" disks of any
size are far from
archival or reliable. I'd make sure ANYTHING of value you have on that
media is backed up elsewhere.
If you've never had a failure until now, you are incredibly lucky.

One man's opinion here -- GOOD RIDDANCE to any of those magnetic in
plastic evil little things! Zips
included!

-- Tom Fine

I would totally agree with Tom on floppy reliability, especially ZIP
disks.  Every once in awhile a given 3 1/2 drive would do strange things to
the little metal shutter on a given disk.  Too many moving parts.




-- Frank B Strauss, DMD


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