Although just accidentally had my hard disk dead without keeping a good
backup, the basic rule I still follow good is first throw away the media
before reader. I had throw away all my 5.25" disk two years ago and then
later throw away the drive.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Lots of those still around. Shouldn't be that hard to get them moved to
> newer media.
>
> Moose
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> >Conversely, I have countless pieces of digital media up to 20 years old
> >which I am NOT able to view by eye. Anybody got an Apple ][ 5.25" floppy
> >drive, a 720k 3.5" floppy drive, a 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive? Sure, the
> >answer is to archive from one medium to another as technology develops -
> >wish I had thought of it sooner.
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