>I have an Power Mac 7200/90 and until now, have been successfully reading
>and copying files from Mac double-density disks to the hard drive for
>archives purposes. I am suddenly unable to copy files from a batch (6) of
>double-density disks. I am able to load the disk and read the contents of
>the files, but when I try to copy them to the desktop or a hard drive
>folder, the computer crashes. The has happened repeatedly and I cannot
>figure out how to proceed. The disks are Sony Micro Floppydisk Double Sided
>and the files have Last Modified dates from 1989-1990.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I don't have access to any other
>working Macs with drives capable of reading double density disks.
>
>Kevin L. Glick
>Electronic Records Archivist
>Yale University
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(203) 432-2202
There is a small and very handy utility for floppies called Flut
which will allow you to rescue data from bad disks or repair bad sectors
- if you can't lay your hands on a copy let me know and I'll mail you a
sit of it.
Pete
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