Data Rescue - outdated software and hardware

Data Rescue - outdated software and hardware

Data Rescue - outdated software and hardware

This is not a core part of the workflow, however during the project we gained experience with transforming data stored in old and outdated software and hardware formats.

Software

We were able to rescue data from files in a variety of outdated formats. Details are described in the list below:

• • Harvard Graphics and Word 4
  • DataPerfect
  • Paradox
  • dBase
    • Excel to Access database

Hardware

We received some data on 3.5" Floppies and on 5.25" floppy disks. Details on how to read 5.25 " Floppies read are provided.