FW: Third round of Diskette Experiments completed (results)

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: FW: Third round of Diskette Experiments completed (results)
>   From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
>   Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:39:28 +0100 (BST)
>     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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>> The Diskette Experiments, Phase III
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>> The Test Disks
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>> Drunk Disk
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>> Conclusion: The disk is unreadable due to a 
>> physical (non-bit) failure of the disk jacket 
>> and internal disk mylar heavily sticking to the 
>> jacket itself.
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>My first reaction would the to open up one side of the jacket, slide out 
>the disk (and keep it the right way up!), clean the surface of said disk 
>and then either 'mount a naked floppy' or use a spare jacket. 
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>It would be interesting to know if the data could be recovered if you did 
>that (in all 3 cases).

I've had media both soaked and dried after soaking with various sticky 
beverages.  I've found they cleaned up fine and read with out dificulty.
I've mounted them with out the jacket and using an old one with cleaned 
and dried media. 

Generally floppies do not like any abrasive damage, holes, some solvents
and of course magnetic fields.  Other than that it's amazing what 
will survive.


Allison