On 12/14/2015 2:47 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
This is, to be polite, flawed advice. There may be some confusion about "baking" 1/4" audio magnetic tapes - I have no details about that process.
The diskette Mylar cookie will distort with heat - period. So will the plastic envelope. Distortion temperatures are likely above, 120, 130 degrees F. I don't know the minimum. Storage above room temperature is not recommended.
You definitely do not want to bake the vinyl case portion of the floppy. I may have the baking temperature completely wrong (perhaps it really is only 110-120F?) for the 'cookie'/media part. I believe it should be baked against a flat (polished?) metal surface to prevent distortion, but again I could be completely wrong. (I suppose it could melt like an egg even if it is against a flat surface)
I won't say "try this to see" because someone will mess up their oven and blame me. If you try this, use all possible caution and do NOT leave your experiment unattended. I am not responsible for injury or damage to you, your oven, and certainly to your diskette. I've got some already damaged wabash disks which might be worth experimenting on...
My previous post in this thread, has a link to a Web page on my site, which discusses recovery methods I'm aware of.
I'll check it out.
Herb
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