Re: History gone

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On May 29, 10:07 am, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 May 2011, schmidtd wrote:
> > On May 29, 8:20 am, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> >> I discovered on Saturday that the garage in my current flat is not as
> >> water tight as I thought it was.
>
> > Very sorry to hear that.  Water can be such an insidious thing.
>
> >> I don't even want to think about the floppy disks. Lots of them are
> >> ruined and many more may be difficult to use due to getting moisture in
> >> their lining.
>
> > Data on the floppies will a least be salvageable.  They can go through
> > a jacket snip, wipe with alcohol, dry, and re-insert into a new donor
> > jacket for a final reading.
>
> I've never done it, but yes, if the floppies were valuable, I'd certainly
> try that process.  

I just helped someone with a disk so moldy that it wouldn't spin in
it's jacket with this.  It's not something you want to have to do, but
it's there as an option.