Jacqui, I know I'm not local to you, but I can try to help. Depending on how the disks were stored and where, they may be readable and may not.
Cool, dry places with no humidity and not near any metallic objects are the best way to store them. Being too close to another floppy (paper envelopes didn't work too well) can also scramble them. Either way, I'll do my best to read them and burn to CD. For long term storage, even CD or DVD is not a good choice, they tend to not read well after many years. Its best to test them every few years and also keep backups on multiple computers. Its very much a pain, but for important data, it's worth it. Charles On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM, J. LaRue Thomas<[email protected]> wrote: > All, > This is not caving but you folks are the most likely to have the info I > need... > > My father saved personal history information to the larger-type (5 inch?) > floppies. The info does not appear to be anywhere else. He used two > computers (1 Apple, 1 PC) but both died many years ago. I do not even know > which computer he saved from. > > Is there anyone out there who can still read large floppies and convert > their info to something my family can use? I will be where the disks are in > late October. > > Please respond to me off-list. Thanks, Jacqui > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
