[Tfug] Help to read data from 5.25 HD diskette?

Zack Williams zdwzdw at gmail.com
Mon Mar 15 14:35:16 MST 2010


On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:34 AM, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:
> Good luck,
>                  Floppy disk media lose integrity with the passage of time,
> and
> may not be readable, (been there done that)

ddrescue is useful on floppies (and optical media), so I'd give that a
shot if the disk has issues.

Also, cleaning the drive in advance can do wonders for the amount of
data recovered.

- Zack




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