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| From | scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.vintage |
| Subject | Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol |
| Date | 2024-09-14 07:27 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <140920240727420035%vintageapplemac@gmail.com> (permalink) |
Well, it's been a few months since I posted to the group asking how to restore "dead" floppies, and one tip* that was given was to use isopropyl alcohol. I've not had these old Macs booted since I read that message, been hellish busy, but I just fired up my Performa 5320, applied some alcohol to my Civilization floppies that had hitherto resolutely refused to be read, et voila! The discs all mounted! It took a few attempts, actually, maybe 4 or 5 applications of alocohol to each disk before each finally mounted. I was able to back-up each floppy to hard disk, too. A great result! I intend to work through my entire collection of big-box floppy games. :) I have ditched a lot of disks over the years that refused to mount. Damn shame, as if I knew this trick I could probably have salvaged a lot of them. PD, newsletter/user groups stuff, magazine cover disks, all lost, like tears in rain. :( Anyway, massive gratitude to Mr Finnigan for the tip! *I cannot reply to the post where the tip was given, as it seems Eternal September has suffered a catastrophic failure and lost all messages older than a couple of months. I hope Ray Banana gets them back!
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Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> - 2024-09-14 07:27 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-09-14 16:55 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol "Sebastian P." <info@cornica.org> - 2024-09-15 08:39 +0200
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> - 2024-09-29 08:14 +0000
Re: Resurrecting dead floppies with alcohol "Mr. Business" <mrbusiness@aaathats3as.com> - 2025-03-30 16:23 -0600
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