Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks

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gnabgib•about 1 hour ago

Where'd you get the title from? It's just Copy That Floppy! (maybe +Imaging floppy disks for long-term preservation if it fits)

esafak•about 1 hour ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Copy_That_Floppy

jonathanoliver•11 minutes ago

I came here just to post that link. I still have that song in my head when I hear the word "floppy".

mune2gu-chan•about 2 hours ago

It's easy to forget that preserving digital data often comes down to keeping aging physical media alive. Nice practical guide.

jandrese•34 minutes ago

Generally it's easier to just copy the data to each new media as you adopt it. In the past this was pretty easy to do as the hard drive held way more data than the floppy disks of old. The next hard drive was an order of magnitude larger than the old one, and so on. Unfortunately this sputtered out during the SSD transition and became even more ephemeral as people started putting data in the cloud where it will eventually be wiped when the accounts stop being paid or lost when the company goes under.

Copy That Floppy – Cambridge guide for preserving data from fragile floppy disks

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