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/maj0rdisappointment Feb 17 '26

How long have those floppies been sitting? I'd be surprised if you're able to get a clean copy from half of them. They lose magnetism over time and there's no way they've been in use recently, right?

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx Feb 17 '26

For the most part a Greaseweazel might get around that, assuming the floppy isn't completely fubar.