thanks Dwight, will keep you posted. andrew
Dwight Hines wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
