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Old 20th Jan 2004, 06:30
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Saab Dastard
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If it happens with only 1 floppy and others are OK then duff floppy.

If it happens with all floppies then duff drive.

I have occasionally found that a temporary expedient of "adjusting" the position of the floppy with my finger (ooer missus) can help to read data off a floppy, but this is usually when alignment is out.

Floppy drives are incredibly cheap, though, except for Compaq which are unique and 10 x times standard price. Almost always very easy to replace if you are happy opening up the case. Otherwise bring it to a high street specialist.

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