wombat@nmt.edu (Lily-Rose) (03/18/91)
I've recently inherited a funky old IBM PC proper, with a hard drive and a very questionable floppy drive. The floppy drive seems to read my disks okay, once I wriggle them into place, but I'm really concerned that it's going to start eating my disks. I recall hearing about a way to re-align floppy disk drives that was reasonably painless, and I think that's the first thing I should try. Can anyone give me any information, or other suggestions on handling a disk drive that seems slightly obstructed by something? Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is Not Chris Conway, | Philosophy is useless, this is Lily-Rose using his login. | Theology is worse. wombat@jupiter.nmt.edu | -- Dire Straits
richard@mungarra.asis.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) (03/18/91)
wombat@nmt.edu (Lily-Rose) writes: >I've recently inherited a funky old IBM PC proper, with a hard drive >and a very questionable floppy drive. The floppy drive seems to >read my disks okay, once I wriggle them into place, but I'm really >concerned that it's going to start eating my disks. >I recall hearing about a way to re-align floppy disk drives that >was reasonably painless, and I think that's the first thing I should >try. Can anyone give me any information, or other suggestions on >handling a disk drive that seems slightly obstructed by something? >Thanks. >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >DISCLAIMER: This is Not Chris Conway, | Philosophy is useless, >this is Lily-Rose using his login. | Theology is worse. >wombat@jupiter.nmt.edu | -- Dire Straits I have to ask... why bother??? Floppy drives are so cheap nowdays, why not just throw it away and buy a new one... I'm sure it will save alot of hassles. --- Richard Begg (richard@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au) Programmer ASIS/ITS - University of Melbourne
fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) (03/18/91)
In article <richard.669265275@mungarra> richard@mungarra.asis.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) writes: >wombat@nmt.edu (Lily-Rose) writes: > >>I recall hearing about a way to re-align floppy disk drives that >>was reasonably painless, and I think that's the first thing I should >>try. Can anyone give me any information, or other suggestions on >>handling a disk drive that seems slightly obstructed by something? > >I have to ask... why bother??? Floppy drives are so cheap nowdays, >why not just throw it away and buy a new one... I'm sure it will save >alot of hassles. Greetings. Don't throw it out. I'll give you $5 plus pay shipping if you send it to me. Why? I need a few stepping motors... (Yeah, I know I can get them from surplus but I already have a bunch of controller board for the ones that come with 360K drives...) Send e-mail with your address and a quote for shipping. I'll mail a M.O. next day. Take care. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ "The Force will be with you, always." It _is_ with me and has been for 11 years Filip Gieszczykiewicz "... a Jedi does it with a mind trick... " ;-) FMGST@PITTVMS or fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu "My ideas. ALL MINE!!"
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand) (03/19/91)
In article <richard.669265275@mungarra> richard@mungarra.asis.unimelb.edu.au (Richard Begg) writes: >wombat@nmt.edu (Lily-Rose) writes: > >>I recall hearing about a way to re-align floppy disk drives that >>was reasonably painless, and I think that's the first thing I should >>try. Can anyone give me any information, or other suggestions on >>handling a disk drive that seems slightly obstructed by something? I would need this kind of information too. Please give a pointer. >I have to ask... why bother??? Floppy drives are so cheap nowdays, >why not just throw it away and buy a new one... I'm sure it will save >alot of hassles. Why buy new ones if you can get your old work? Shouldn't we avoid throwing away working stuff? Markus Strand mstr@vipunen.hut.fi