I knew a woman who kept her dissertation backed up on floppies in double plastic bags in her freezer for years. They were not harmed at all and it makes sense to keep stuff there because the freezer is fireproof.
But, I recommend warming it up and dehumidifying it slowly. Just put it in a room with a dehumidifyer, after a couple of days, chek it out to be sure all visible signs of moisture are gone. then start it up and trouble shoot it like you would any regular machine. I strongly recommend diskwarrior for recovering the entire file system and your poetry. Make that the first thing to do when you get systme or the disks working. Let us know next time, the specs on the disk and operating system. also, what you have done and not done in details. d On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:30 AM, AppleIIguy wrote: > > Hi! > > On Nov 13, 11:44 pm, Andrew wrote: >> I have an LC111 with some poetry I'd like to recover on it. It's >> followed me around for years and spent a few outside in a shed in a >> Canadian winter and so may give new meaning to "my computer froze." >> Much appreciate advice on getting those outstanding works of literary >> genius off (the computer). > > What happens when you turn it on? Do you at least get the floppy > disk icon, with the question mark, on the screen? > > Willi > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
