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How to take care of your disks
My friend Ozelui works in the Computer Center of the Campus of
San Sebastian in the University of the Basque Country. And a Student
wrote this in a file in the PC's Network that Ozelui found, and here
it is:
DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR DISKS
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ORIGAMI: Art of paper folding. In order to obtain a nice and
effectiveness result, put the floppy in the disk drive with strength
and without pointing at all.
SMOKE: Of cigarettes or anything that could be burnt. When you are
smoking blow directly to your disk. In that way you will be able to
destroy it soon, and if you are lucky, damage the drive as well.
PIRANHAS: If you don't have any at home, you can use a stapler, a
clip, or simply write down on the disk label with a hard point
pencil or pen.
MAGNETS: They are wonderful. You can find them in the telephone, in
some paper weights, and stuck on the fridge door. If you can't find
any, you can leave the floppies on the printer or on your display
for a while, making sure that they are on.
MAIL: Put a disk in an envelope and don't write any warning on it;
then mail it to someone, and that's all.
MAGIC TOUCH: Touch your floppy. As much as you can. If you have
marmalade or butter in your fingers, better. Your floppy will
acknowledge it.
DON'T USE ANY ENVELOPE: Archive them without their envelope, piled
under a lot of papers and manuals (it is better when the manuals are
the VAX/VMS OS 1.00 and its new releases).
DON'T MAKE BACKUPS: Of course, if you don't have any security copy,
you won't have to worry about how to destroy them once you have lost
the original.
SUPREME STUPIDITY: It is the best way of destroying floppies. If you
practice it regularly, you'll find new methods to add to this list.
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