my floppys got stuck and i cant get it out is there a way besides goin 2 a computer shop
2006-10-01 02:44:31 · 8 answers · asked by ???????? 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
more then likely the metal piece on the end is getting hung on some thing. Unplug you comp. Take a butter knife and insert it into the drive ontop of the floppy and see if anything is caught. Then do the same under the floppy. Hopefully this will get it unstuck.
2006-10-01 02:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by mr_oilfield_78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one uses floppies now really - what do you use them for? But you can remove the drive easy. It just slides out and they're cheap - so take it apart to get the disk out. If it's completly dead it could have a corrupt driver. If you're using XP right click my computer, properties, hardware, device drivers, find floppy drive and click the plus sign and see what it says - should say device is working. It should allow you to reinstall the driver. But the disk is probably just jammed. Take a look at Maplin and put a CD/DVD rewriter in! They aren't too expensive. Email me if you have a novel use for floppy disks. I still have a driveon my desktop and 200 blank HD disks - would be good if I could find a use for them! lol My email is at the bottom of the page on my website. Take a good look around.
2006-10-01 02:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it apart yourself. I'm sure you'll be surprised just how simple it is.
As others have already stated, if you take it to a shop to have it done, you'll be paying far more than the device is worth.
Go on, give it a go! Don't, whatever you do, forcibly remove the floppy disk. The chances are that you'll seriously damage the read heads, or, at least, misalign them.
2006-10-01 02:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Still using floppies? Time to join the 21st century: Get a Mac!
http://www.apple.com/getamac
2006-10-01 02:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by nospamcwt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flopppys Get real get a cd writer floppys died with wnidows 98se and below only good enough for dos back up
2006-10-01 02:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by selbysupper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shoot that happened to me last night my usb wasnt working yeah id suggest llokin up how to take apart your floppy drive
2006-10-01 02:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by kttj5885 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it apart or replace it they are very cheap no, a shop will charge you far more than it's worth
2006-10-01 02:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by **Xp_mAn_Xp** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is duplicate throw it
otherwise format it.
2006-10-01 03:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by pdotsee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋