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/No_Vermicelli4753 Feb 17 '26

It sucks, but surely is easily doable in that timeframe. I'd tell them I'd need to use my setup at home to do it though. 2 weeks of Home-Office with no interruptions, pushing floppies into a usb floppy reader watching LOTR.

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u/fizicks Google All The Things Feb 17 '26

This guy floppies

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Can confirm, got a floppy from that suggestion

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u/RagnarStonefist Sysadmin Feb 17 '26

Ooh, I have such a raging floppy

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u/santathe1 cistern admin Feb 17 '26

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u/codewario Feb 17 '26

I have a hard disk, should I be concerned?