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Re:The Grind a Day: thousands of Apple II floppy disks archived by EvanAnderson on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:39PM (#35063610)
There was a talk at VCF[0] a couple years ago discssing exactly what you're describing in the context of tapes. It was very interesting and some of it has good applicability for floppy disk preservation

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKvwjYwvN2U

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Re:The Grind a Day: thousands of Apple II floppy disks archived by EvanAnderson on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:45PM (#35065367)
Since I can't edit anymore:

This article re: imaging floppies in the analog domain made the rounds on HN a couple years ago:

https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/05/recovering-l...

The comments have some good links and background:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27187435

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