Thanks to several people for responses. I understand that one can prevent the growth of fungus on diskettes by storing them in an airtight container, with dessicant, and possibly in the icebox, sealed with dessicant.
What does the fungus do? Can the diskette in any way be rescued once it has
already been attacked by the fungus? If the fungus is carefully cleaned off, can
the diskette again be read, or does the fungus actually destroy the structure of the magnetic material?
Thanks again,
Alan Davis
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:08:16 -0500
Luis Martinez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Alan
> Doesn't put it in the refrigerator, please, it is not the heat
> what damages them, it is the humidity.
> I live in Puerto Rico (USA), a beautiful island in the Caribbean
> sea. In here, if you live near a lake or the sea, the diskette or
> floppies deteriorates quickly, but if you keep them in a sealed
> container, like empty cans of cookies, they last years. Better if
> you use any drying material in the container. I hope you understand
> my english and this help you.
> Luis Martinez
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> www.colormar.com
>
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:02:46 +1000, Alan Eugene Davis
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Please bear in mind I live in the tropics, and cannot keep my
> >diskette collections under any kind of standard conditions.
> >
> >Almost invariably, it seems, diskettes more than a year old are
> >unreadable. Is there anything I can do to save them? What
> physically
> >is happening to the media that makes it (apparently) impossible
> for
> >the fdd to read the disks?
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >Alan
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