This is an archived article. Information here may not be current. Here are some steps to take to prevent floppy disk failures before they occur. Save your work to your Locker.
Lockers are large and easy to use.
Plus, they're backed up regularly to reduce the risk of losing information. Always save at least two versions of your work on a floppy, then save those versions again on another floppy. Print a hard copy of your work. It's a lot easier to retype a term paper than it is to rewrite it from memory. In some cases you can even use a scanner to read the paper and import it into a word processor.