back in the "old days" norton had a disk test program, it tested hd's and
floppies, and moved the material in the bad sections, to good parts of the
disk, making a whole bunch of them readable..I should have it somewhere, if you
are really in a pinch
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From: Jay Ashworth <[email protected]>
To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [RDD] Non-RD Question: Floppies
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Peterson" <[email protected]>
> So far the web has been of no use to me; is there a way to read old
> (Win95,98) floppy diskettes under Linux? I have a considerable amount
> of material (old Radio World articles, MIDI compositions etc) that I
> want converted to a more modern storage format.
>
> Stuffing them into a WinXP or Win2K box results in a request to
> reformat the disk, and I definitely don't want that. Seeking good
> ideas from anybody. Thanks.
If those OSs are asking to format them, then that means they couldn't read
them, which likely means they're not readable -- though the problem could
be alignment, rather than merely bits-fell-off; I would try several different
FDDs to read them in.
But note: FDs are *not* long-term storage; even if you store them perfectly,
5 years is pushing it, and 10 years is probably a loss. The bits *will*
fall off.
If you can find a 2.07 version of Anadisk floating around, it might help you.
Cheers,
-- jra
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