Has anyone else had problems with floppy drives being wrecked by disks that have been stored long-term in less-than-ideal conditions?
I had a load a few years ago that "beheaded" a couple of drives before I figured out what was going on. I *thought* I'd thrown them all out, but it appears not - just lost another drive tonight to a rogue disk. It made a horrible squeaking noise and that drive now attempts but fails to read known good disks. Oh well, I need the soldering practice - another PC drive converted.
Has anyone else come across this issue? Any idea why it's happening, and can anything be done to rescue such disks?
I had a load a few years ago that "beheaded" a couple of drives before I figured out what was going on. I *thought* I'd thrown them all out, but it appears not - just lost another drive tonight to a rogue disk. It made a horrible squeaking noise and that drive now attempts but fails to read known good disks. Oh well, I need the soldering practice - another PC drive converted.
Has anyone else come across this issue? Any idea why it's happening, and can anything be done to rescue such disks?