A few comments:
1. Disk labels, like programs and manuals, are protected under copyright. Don't go scanning Apple's labels.
2. Replacement labels are available. Avery makes some decent ones. I've seen these dirt cheap lately.
3. I agree about recent floppy media being bad, and CJ is almost spot-on with 1995 as a date. I got this huge box of 25 or so Fujifilm disks in December 1994. Five years later, something along the lines of 7 of these disks had failed. Only two of my older disks had ever died on me (both became drink coasters until they leaked).
4. If you want reliable media, look for NOS 3M diskettes--not Imation, but 3M. I've had exactly one 3M diskette fail over the 21 years I've used computers, and I probably have close to 150 3M diskettes counting 3.5" and 5.25" for all platforms I use(d) (Apple II, Mac, PC, Lisa). I always buy 3Ms if I see them at a Goodwill computer store or something. (If anyone wants me to look, I may be going there later this week so I can drop stuff off at the recycling center).
1. Disk labels, like programs and manuals, are protected under copyright. Don't go scanning Apple's labels.
2. Replacement labels are available. Avery makes some decent ones. I've seen these dirt cheap lately.
3. I agree about recent floppy media being bad, and CJ is almost spot-on with 1995 as a date. I got this huge box of 25 or so Fujifilm disks in December 1994. Five years later, something along the lines of 7 of these disks had failed. Only two of my older disks had ever died on me (both became drink coasters until they leaked).
4. If you want reliable media, look for NOS 3M diskettes--not Imation, but 3M. I've had exactly one 3M diskette fail over the 21 years I've used computers, and I probably have close to 150 3M diskettes counting 3.5" and 5.25" for all platforms I use(d) (Apple II, Mac, PC, Lisa). I always buy 3Ms if I see them at a Goodwill computer store or something. (If anyone wants me to look, I may be going there later this week so I can drop stuff off at the recycling center).