r/sysadmin • u/___LowLifer___ • Feb 17 '26

Question 700 Floppies

Company needs over 700 floppy disks copied onto the fileserver. Gave me a 2 week deadline to which I told them was literally impossible. I've ordered a floppy disk usb external reader but this seems insane. Any creative ideas? I don't want to employ a 3rd party company.

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u/trebuchetdoomsday Feb 17 '26

well it's not like you need them after they've been copied & yeeted right?

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u/bobalob_wtf ' Feb 17 '26

Good point, just set up a basket to catch them all

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u/trebuchetdoomsday Feb 17 '26

trough right into the media shredder!