recycling floppy discs

sunrise27_2

how do I recycle floppy discs
some of them have information on them but I dont' have a floppy disc drive anymore to see whats on them

456789

open up the casing rip up the inside disc that will mean no-one can get at the data - the casing can go in plastic recycling facilities not sure about the insides

davester

Whats a floppy disk lol

sunrise27_2

456789 wrote: »

open up the casing rip up the inside disc that will mean no-one can get at the data - the casing can go in plastic recycling facilities not sure about the insides

how do I open the casing ??

fwor

sunrise27 wrote: »

how do I open the casing ??

Don't bother - just slide open the "door", place it on something that you can safely cut onto, and cut a slit in the disc itself from centre to outside edge - it should be easy as it's only made of thin plastic.

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Hi,

sunrise27 wrote: »

how do I recycle floppy discs
some of them have information on them but I dont' have a floppy disc drive anymore to see whats on them

have a look into your local library, you might get free internet access, if their machines don't have a floppy drive installed, they should have a usb drive you could use to see what's on them and transfer what you want to a stick.

davb

If you just want to destroy the data, you can usually pop off the metal sliding cover with a screwdriver (being careful of course), then cut through the magnetic disk that is exposed with a pair of scissors - this will make it very difficult for anyone to read. You should then be able to recycle safely.

If you need to get information off the disks, then probably easiest to buy a cheap external USB floppy drive from Ebay. As previously suggested you could then copy the data to a memory stick or CD - before destroying as above.

isofa

Snap the case open, cut the disc with scissors, put the case and hub into the recycling.

JasX

finding a speaker with a pretty chunky magnet on would probably do enough damage but for sensative data probably not to be 100% relied on.

To open the casing you just need to squeeze/flex the disk a bit and it'll pop open, they were very flimsey

rmg1

Possibly buy a floppy drive (mine cost me £7). They're a doddle to install and you can then check/move/delete what's on the disks.