Reading floppy disks

[species8350]

I have a floppy disk that reads without problem in most machines
(running windows). The other day, I was using a windows machine and
the floppy just kept spinning. On putting the floppy in another
computer it read without a problem.

Can anyone explain this.

Thanks.

 

[species8350]

I have a floppy disk that reads without problem in most machines
(running windows). The other day, I was using a windows machine and
the floppy just kept spinning. On putting the floppy in another
computer it read without a problem.

Can anyone explain this.

Thanks.

Ps. Forgot to mention floppy is 3.5" media

 

[Ed Light]

Defective machine.
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[Arno Wagner]

I have a floppy disk that reads without problem in most machines
(running windows). The other day, I was using a windows machine and
the floppy just kept spinning. On putting the floppy in another
computer it read without a problem.

Can anyone explain this.

Thanks.

Defective or dirty floppy drive. It happens, e.g. when an
optical sensor gets coverd in dust.

Arno

 

[Ed Light]

Defective or dirty floppy drive. It happens, e.g. when an
optical sensor gets coverd in dust.

Arno

You mean magnetic head, maybe?

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[species8350]

You mean magnetic head, maybe?

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[Arno Wagner]

You mean magnetic head, maybe?

No, I mean optical sensor. The other thing that can produce
this behaviour is a floppu cable plugget in at 180 degrees
of its right orientation.

Arno

 

[Franc Zabkar]

No, I mean optical sensor. The other thing that can produce
this behaviour is a floppu cable plugget in at 180 degrees
of its right orientation.

Arno

AFAICS, there would be three sensors - track 0, write protect, and
density select. These could be optical sensors or microswitches. A
dirty track 0 sensor would, I expect, produce obvious noises as the
heads battered against the end stops, whereas the other two sensors
would not be involved in reading, only writing.

I would guess that the OP's drive has dirty heads, or maybe an
alignment problem. Otherwise the diskette may be marginal. I sometimes
have problems reading old archived diskettes.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Arno Wagner]

On 15 Jul 2008 12:23:49 GMT, Arno Wagner <[email protected]> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

AFAICS, there would be three sensors - track 0, write protect, and
density select. These could be optical sensors or microswitches. A
dirty track 0 sensor would, I expect, produce obvious noises as the
heads battered against the end stops, whereas the other two sensors
would not be involved in reading, only writing.

I would guess that the OP's drive has dirty heads, or maybe an
alignment problem. Otherwise the diskette may be marginal. I sometimes
have problems reading old archived diskettes.

All possible. Floppies were a pain.

Arno