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Re:Everything I know about floppy disks by cout on Monday September 04, 2023 @07:21AM (#37379395)
Is there any way to recover the failed disks? Or are the bits lost forever?
Re:Everything I know about floppy disks by IIsi50MHz on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:48PM (#37400810)
There are tools that record the actual magnetic flux from the disc, over multiple passes. In skilled hands, this has resulted in some "irreparable" discs being recovered. The most prominent one I know is KryoFlux.