My biggest suggestion for floppies is that you should never carry them loose in your pocket. When I used floppies in high school (last year) I found that floppies carried loose in my pocket died within a day, and floppies in floppy carriers lasted long enough that I can't recall losing data from one of them.
Two other good floppy tricks. One: if the data is really important, put multiple copies on the same disk. The other: always back the floppies up on a hard drive somewhere. And so it was written and so it was done (by Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > not for backup. i need floppies. > > > begin Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What I do for fast, reliable, cheap backup is mount hard drives in > > removable carriers. > > > > -- Rod > > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > > > > On Tuesday 01 January 2002 11:15 am, Henry House wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 09:31:50AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > > i'm sure someone here keeps track of this stuff... > > > > > > > > what's some really high-quality floppy disks brands? i'd be > > > > willing to pay unreasonable prices just as long as they're > > > > reliable. > > > > > > > > i'm sick and tired of floppy disks dying on me. what's the best > > > > brands to get? > > > > > > I would not use any type of removable winchester storage for data > > > too valuble to lose. That goes for floppies, zip cartriges, and > > > anything else that contains a rotating, flexible platter. By their > > > very nature these devices are mechanically unreliable. If you want > > > reliability, use tapes or CD-RW (which is actually pretty cheap > > > now). > > > > > > Failing that, I suggest you find the most expensive type available > > > and go with that. Also, I would avoid any product made by Verbatim. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
