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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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Floppy backupsWe had a customer who was making data backups on floppy disk. The old 5 1/4" disks that were thin and really actually floppy.
They had to restore from one of these backups and it didn't work, so we told them to try a previous backup. None of the backups they tried worked, so I went down there to see what the problem was.
They presented me with their backup archive - a ring binder with dozens of hole-punched floppy disks.
(, Sat 26 Sep 2009, 22:00, 4 replies)
if this is trueit deserves a click!
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finnbar has officially retired, Sun 27 Sep 2009, 9:51,
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I've had that....Only copy of the backups of some Sage accounts stuff. They were incredibly lucky that the hole punch only *just* nicked the edge of the disk, although putting it in did eventually ruin their floppy drive.
(, Sun 27 Sep 2009, 14:23, closed)
I've heard this beforeAnd it is, sadly, very believeable...
(, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 13:21, closed)
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