I'd typically find floppies that didn't work after a few years for whatever reason back when they were the shiznit still, I can't imagine they hold up much over time, and imagine charging for someone scanning hundreds of them and not recovering anything more often than not. I have binders full of cd's and dvd's as well I don't much expect to work much better if I ever had to dig them out for anything important.
Your best option for profitability doing that is probably for tips to the fbi for questionable things you *do* find <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer-data-seach_us_5aa004b3e4b002df2c5fc9bc>like geek squad does <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer-data-seach_us_5aa004b3e4b002df2c5fc9bc> . -mb On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:03 AM Jim <azano...@gmail.com> wrote: > This thread got me thinking. I wonder what kind of opportunities there > might be for someone to start a business that specializes in recovering > data from old formats people don't use anymore. > On 1/7/19 10:26 PM, Thomas Scott wrote: > > http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html - found this as a possible > solution, if you're unable to find a USB drive or an old machine that's > bootable > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:12 PM Michael Butash <mich...@butash.net> wrote: > >> I had an old thinkpad usb 3.5 floppy disk drive accessory I kept around >> to boot cranky systems back in the day, as oddly when some wouldn't work >> with certain usb cd, that floppy always worked. I'd offer it up, but I >> haven't seen/used it in 10+ years, and don't even know where to start >> looking for it, but I'm sure you can still find them on ebay. >> >> Good luck on the 5 inch, that you're just going to need an old relic >> system for I think, but wouldn't surprise me to see some hackers have made >> adapters to a more modern interface and power for those as well. >> >> -mb >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM Matthew Gibson < >> guanjun.de.geliq...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across some 3 1/2 >>> inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch floppies. Does anyone have >>> an appropriate drive for either of these media items? I am looking to >>> borrow, but I don't imagine it will be difficult to scrounge up the funds >>> to purchase a drive or two. All we are wanting us to pull what data we can >>> off them. >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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