Reading a 5.25-inch floppy in 2026: the workflow we wish someone had given us
You have a stack of 5.25-inch floppies. The drives have not been manufactured in decades. Here is the workflow we use to recover what is on them.
Drone imaging, scanning, legacy media digitization, and digital preservation.
You have a stack of 5.25-inch floppies. The drives have not been manufactured in decades. Here is the workflow we use to recover what is on them.
Drone imaging is not a universal upgrade to a survey. It is a tool with a specific shape. Here is when it earns the trip and when it does not.