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HELP I Spilt Beer on my Floppy!

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BigJimbo

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hey i was celebratin cinco de mayo and well yea a beer got tipped over on my desk and hit my 3.5 with all the stock prices for my research paper for the past 3 months! it wont read..anyone have any clue whats my best bet, i was thinkin about pulling the disk apart and putting the plate in a new clean disk with a new cloth and such but i wanna reduce as much data lost as possible any ideas??
 
I did just about the same thing as you but with soda instead.

If you're transplanting (which is what I would do), make sure there's no beer left on the media before moving to a new housing. Cold running water on the media ring with a quick, gentle pat-down with a paper towel to dry should be OK. Don't rub.
 
well i'm thinking you're pretty much screwed but if you really need the data and want a last ditch effort, carefully open the floppy, get some good rubbing alcohol (the ones that are like 98 percent) and put the floppy in a container of the alcohol, let dry and put back together, and use some gloves while you do it too finger smudges are bad!!..... not too sure if it will work but it makes sense to me 😀
 
Originally posted by: BigJimbo
hey i was celebratin cinco de mayo and well yea a beer got tipped over on my desk and hit my 3.5 with all the stock prices for my research paper for the past 3 months! it wont read..anyone have any clue whats my best bet, i was thinkin about pulling the disk apart and putting the plate in a new clean disk with a new cloth and such but i wanna reduce as much data lost as possible any ideas??
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Your best bet is to start over as soon as possible. A file that important should never be stored at only one location.
 
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