Richard, Simply, I slipped a knife blade in and over the metal floppy cover and using the blade to hold the cover down , I ejected the floppy. Not the most fancy or scientific, but it worked. The very next thing I did was remove the metal cover from the floppy and immediately copied it . Hope it works for you. Lew Russakov Huntington Beach, CA Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:00:38 +1200 From: unclerichard <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FDD jammed My next door neighbour had her nephews staying one weekend. In the process of playing with her computer they inserted a3.5" into her FDD and it jammed. I suspect the metal phlange at the top was bent/distorted so preventing the FD from ejecting. As a consequence her FD is active and playing havoc with the prgs she runs. Is there any way of of ejecting (forcing) the Fd out without taking the FD out of the case? For some reason she is reluctant for the FD to be removed. She is also (very) reluctant to see force - specially brunt force - used to rememdy the situation. Can anyone suggest a simple strategy I might employ to extract this bad mannered FD. Richard Innes Auckland New Zealand [log in to unmask] Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html