I have found "post it" notes inside peoples drives too...

I always stick them on so part hangs out of the drive...
This ASSURES it will not scrap itself off into the drive,
and also reminds me it is in there...

This particular drive must have also been contaminated
by the experience, since it was replaced not too long after...
(I only reached in with tweezers to remove the ground up
paper...

                               Rick Glazier

From: "Mike McNeil Computer Troubleshooters Queenstown" <[log in to unmask]>
> Apart from the other advice given, I would try these additional things
> before you replace the floppy drive.
>
> - make sure there isn't anything stuck inside the drive. I've come across
> two where the metal plate on the floppy disk has "fallen" off inside the
> drive.

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