Need help . I have some 2003 New Orleans pics on floppy discs

[Hardrada]

but the images seem to be degrading and some are one-third gone. Does anyone know what causes this. I am printing them to keep the images but wonder why these discs degrade. Any idea?

[evlbstrd]

1. Floppies are much like cassette tapes.

It's a flimsy magnetic media that degrades quickly. Copy them to your computer's hard drive immediately.

[miss_kitty]

2. storage conditions are a lot of it.

cool and dry are keywords. As are "keep away from magnetic stuff, like speakers." Magnetic forces can cause degradation in your images.

[Hardrada]

3. Maybe keeping them cool is the answer.

They are not really near any speakers save for the computer speakers which we rarely use.

[miss_kitty]

4. there are magnets in speakers

whether you are using them or not.

:)