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From: "sgaber" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] A: drive stuck


>
> Since when did they start using such cheap flimsy crap on
> floppies?  All the ones I've seen have stainless steel or
> aluminum sliders.

Since long time ago. Even steel slider can come off, and if it does, the
situation doesn't get any better than yours.

>
> Anyway, I guess I have to remove the cover, take out the
> drive and try to extract it with a hemostat or tweezers.  Is
> that possible? I looked into the drive but didn't see the
> plastic piece.

I think you have to open the drive up to find the missing plastic pieces.

> You think the drive is damaged?  It made a funny noise and
> then an error message appeared on the screen.

Floppy drive is cheap, replace with a new one won't hurt much.

>
> My boss will not be pleased, but it wasn't my fault,  The
> dammed thing just came off when I tried to take the disk out
> of the drive.
>
> This is the last thing I need right now, because we're
> working on some tight deadlines.  Can't afford to have the
> PC down for a couple days.

You don't have to bring the computer down, all you need to do is shut down
for 5min, get the floppy drive off, run the PC without floppy while you work
on it. Once it fixed, put it back (shut down for another 5min).

Jun Qian

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