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		cout on Sept 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything I know about floppy disks Is there any way to recover the failed disks? Or are the bits lost forever?

IIsi50MHz on Sept 6, 2023 [–]

There are tools that record the actual magnetic flux from the disc, over multiple passes. In skilled hands, this has resulted in some "irreparable" discs being recovered. The most prominent one I know is KryoFlux.

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