Floppy data recovery is a term that is used to describe retrieval of damage corrupted or lost files from a 5 ¼ inch or 3 ½ inch floppy disk. While generally speaking these disks have not been in use for over 10 years, many businesses still have archives stored in this manner. And when one hopes to retrieve those archives, invariably they discover that the rotating disk inside of the plastic case is frozen in place or that the file access information has been corrupted and the data is not easily accessible. Fortunately there are file recovery programs specifically designed to access the lost information on floppy disks.