I had far more 3.5" floppies fail than 5.25" The "protective" door often blew up or would come apart in the drive. The hard shell and protective door would lead

I had far more 3.5" floppies fail than 5.25" The "protective" door often blew up or would come apart in the drive. The hard shell and protective door would lead to people throwing the discs everywhere. The 5.25" was meticulously stored in a sleeve and disc case, only being exposed when inserting into the drive. Every time I find a 5.25" it glistens like brand new. Good luck getting data off any of these after sitting for a decade. I had to refresh discs (rewrite all the data) after sitting for only a few years.