It’s written with specific reference to Commodore 5.25-inch floppies, but aside from some of the specific software, the techniques could be applied to any discs. Most interesting is his ...

In a way, we don’t miss these days, but in other ways, we do. It wasn’t that long ago that floppies were king. Now it is a race to preserve the data on them while you still can.

It’s possible to upgrade most retro PCs to bypass the need for floppies, but until you make that upgrade, a 3.5-inch floppy remains the best option for transferring data with an ancient machine.