Tristan Mumford wrote:
sicklittlemonkey wrote:
On Mar 1, 9:05 am, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
wrote:
Unfortunately during that timespan some of the
disks are very dead.
Make sure you search back and read Michaels lectures on how dead disks
can usually be revived. I wish I'd had that advice when I did all my
transfers (using a GS) 10 years ago, and threw the "dead" disks
away. :-(
I remember that. The problem with some of these are the disc is kind of
fused to the plastic sheath thing. Sorry i forget the name for the
outside of a floppy. I managed to liberate a few with mixed results.
I'm not entirely sure what happened to them, but I strongly suspect a
combination of water damage and heat damage.
Hmmm. Adhesion of the media to anything but the disk can be a
very serious problem, since it's possible that the media can
separate from the disk entirely if the disk is manipulated while
it adheres to the liner.
Sometimes a disk won't turn, but it is not adhering, it's just
binding in the jacket. The "edge-of-the-desk" maneuver will
fix that problem in seconds.
If they really are adhering, I'd recommend soaking one of the
diskettes in water for a while, then checking to see if the
adhesion is released. If it is, then there is probably some
sticky water-soluble substance inside the jacket, and this is
a good opportunity to slit the top of the jacket and carefully
remove the disk. (It can then be carefully cleaned--I do this
with a Windex-wetted tissue on a sheet of glass--dried, and
placed into a clean, slitted jacket kept for this purpose.)
If a disk is adhering and is not freed by soaking in water,
you have little to lose by escalating to ethyl alcohol (for
the disk ;-). If that doesn't work, you are in virgin
territory--explore! ;-)
Once the disk rotates freely, you can hold it carefully with
a couple of fingers through the center hole and then move the
jacket around it a full circle, looking at the disk surface
through the bottom head hole for any blemishes. If it looks
OK, it probably is. (And even if it doesn't look perfect, it's
worth a try reading it.)