Hello listserv colleagues,


I'd like to know if anyone has ever had success (? as you would define it!) dealing with old floppy disks? i.e. assessing their contents in order to determine retention and disposition requirements.  I have searched the listserv archives without anything substantive coming up.

In our case we have 3.5" floppies with files that cannot be opened because of program-specific, uncommon or outdated file extensions.  (We did get as far as procuring a reader!)

What constitutes due diligence in processing these before throwing up my hands in defeat and pitching them?  From a quick internet search, there seem to be software products that might do scans and convert files into readable formats.  I would be interested to hear from anyone who has dealt with this challenge and could share their process.  Thanks very much in advance!


Carolyn Harris

Information and Records Management Administrator

Kwanlin Dün First Nation

Whitehorse, Yukon,

Canada

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