ARCS: Digitization and Preservation of 3.5-Inch Floppy Disks

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Title

ARCS: Digitization and Preservation of 3.5-Inch Floppy Disks

Subject

préservation numérique; digital preservation; disquette; floppy disk

Description

A collection of photographs, screenshots, and files related to the ARCS: Digitization and Preservation of 3.5-Inch Floppy Disks project and exhibit.

Contributor

Vandal, Emilie; Heinrichs, Caralie; Watson, Jada

Collection Items

Floppy Disk 2
A photograph of a 3.5" inch floppy disk. Color: Black; IBM formatted; 1.44 MB; Serial number: GK600G2201; Good physical condition; Label: "Final Report 1997, Women in Engrg chair; SSHRC; AMIA.htm[?]

Workflow Diagram
A diagram of the digitization and preservation workflow. It is comprised of 6 main stages (Document media, Create disk image, Export files, Initial analysis, Appraisal, Pre-Ingest/ingest) which each contain a number of steps.

This workflow is…

Acquiring the Disk Image screenshot
A screenshot of the Guymager tool in BitCurator used to create the disk image of the floppy disk. This is Stage 2, step 4 of the workflow.

Extracted Files screenshot
A screenshot of the files exported from disk 2. This is Stage 3, step 4.

Run Bulk Extractor screenshot
A screenshot of bulk extractor, the tool used to identify personal information and other features. Stage 4, step 1.

Inside a floppy disk
Parts inside a 3.5-inch floppy disk

File formats histogram
Bar graph of the file counts by format (bc_format_bargraph.pdf).

Bulk extractor overview
High-level overview of features identified by bulk_extractor such as personal and private information (bulk_extractor_report.pdf ).

Deleted files report
A report showing the deleted files recovered by the Fiwalk took in BitCurator (fiwalk_deleted_files.pdf).

Action shot 1
Photo taken during our process in BitCurator
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