Comments on: Preserving data stored on floppy disks http://askthegeek.kennyhart.com/index.php/2005/12/22/preserving-data-stored-on-floppy-disks/ Questions, answers and learning about all manner of things Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:21:26 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Geek http://askthegeek.kennyhart.com/index.php/2005/12/22/preserving-data-stored-on-floppy-disks/#comment-16 The Geek Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:29:00 +0000 http://askthegeek.kennyhart.com/?p=26#comment-16 Refreshing the (floppy) disks means to read every file stored on the disk and re-write it to the disk. There used to be utilities to do this, but you are hard pressed to find them anymore.<br/><br/>Doing a "diskcopy" command in DOS served the same purpose: The data was copied and stored to a new floppy disk, effectively renewing or "refreshing" the magnetic charge on the disk...The Geek Refreshing the (floppy) disks means to read every file stored on the disk and re-write it to the disk. There used to be utilities to do this, but you are hard pressed to find them anymore.

Doing a “diskcopy” command in DOS served the same purpose: The data was copied and stored to a new floppy disk, effectively renewing or “refreshing” the magnetic charge on the disk…The Geek

]]> By: Tracy ;^) http://askthegeek.kennyhart.com/index.php/2005/12/22/preserving-data-stored-on-floppy-disks/#comment-15 Tracy ;^) Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:22:00 +0000 http://askthegeek.kennyhart.com/?p=26#comment-15 What do you mean by "refreshing the disks"?<br/><br/>Tracy What do you mean by “refreshing the disks”?

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