On Feb 19, 3:26*pm, Doug Miller
wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote :

I've got about 200 or so old A drive, 1.44 MB floppy disks. Some day,
I'll set up a reader, and copy all the data onto a drive, flash drive,
or burn it all the a DVD.

Is there any reason to keep the old floppies? Or should I pitch em
out?

What's the point in keeping them? When was the last time you saw a new computer with a diskette
drive?

Depending on what's stored on them, though, you might want to either securely erase them, or
physically destroy them, instead of just putting them in the trash -- any sort of financial data, medical
records, other personal information, plans for building nuclear warheads, etc.

I agree. Some time ago I had a bunch of floppies, and several zip
drive discs (remember those?) After retrieving any needed data from
them, I physically destroyed them. As I rcall, I simply cut up the
floppies with tin snips, and drilled holes in all the zip drive discs.
Then I threw out the debris.
JimCo