Tracks got bounced (ie. rendered/recorded/exported) to DAT tapes. The record wasn't just stored in the sampler and computer, it was in the state of the whole s

Tracks got bounced (ie. rendered/recorded/exported) to DAT tapes. The record wasn't just stored in the sampler and computer, it was in the state of the whole studio, at a minimum the mixing desk the sampler was plugged into but also likely various external effects units. Digging out the floppy wouldn't recreate the record as it was released.