I got my floppy stuck in a drive poll...

Paul_s · 09 October 2009, 23:40

Poll to follow

Graham Humphrey · 09 October 2009, 23:55

Ah, the classic 'insert disk only to eject it with mysterious missing shutter' incident. That was a pain.

Also fell foul of getting the disk jammed in a label-related accident. Several times.

Merlin · 10 October 2009, 00:11

I had one where a rogue disk door ripped one of the drive heads off!!

s2325 · 10 October 2009, 00:40

missing little spring from shutter...

asm1 · 10 October 2009, 01:02

This thread could be SERIOUSLY misconstrued

"Floppy went hard".... might be to do with the fact I am watching P0rn....

but yes I have had "the shutter broke inside" issue.... particularly nasty on a mac with no physical eject button (and no the key combo didnt work either) so I'll vote on that

prowler · 10 October 2009, 01:19

Cheap disks killed my Amiga! comes closest. But in my case, it was old disks, rather than cheap disks, which killed my Amiga 500 floppy drive.

The heads were so crudded up that it wouldn't read anything else until I'd stripped it down and cleaned them with liberal quantities of isopropyl alcohol applied with cotton buds.

InTheSand · 10 October 2009, 01:25

Ah, the joys of "over-labelled" disks getting stuck! Any more than two disk labels stuck over the top of each other on the same disk was asking for trouble!

amigafan1200 · 10 October 2009, 09:19

Either jammed shutters on the disk or label comming of jammed my disk drives.

tero · 10 October 2009, 09:31

This reminds me to a friend in the old days
He alert me that he can't eject the disc
(He was one of the guys buying a computer just to have one
without ever doing something usefull)

You guess what, he pulled a disk into drive, but there was a
disk allready inserted

I don't know how that could be (but i never tried for myself)
The second inserted disk could be removed, the first one not
I tried with screwdriver but the first disk won't come out.
Told him:go buy a new drive

NB:Both disks were broken

Photon · 10 October 2009, 16:46

"Other":

After some loading, the game told me to insert disk two in the internal drive. It took some effort, but I got it in there. Now that I look back on it, I should probably have ejected the disk that was in the drive first. Unfortunately they were stuck so tight in there that I had to replace the drive.

(A classic from some PC support company :P)

Edit: Ähem. Should have read the posts first I think...

tero · 10 October 2009, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Photon

It took some effort

I really don't want to know what that means

My friend tried hard not to answer me...

gimbal · 12 October 2009, 13:04

label corner letting go and then pasting to the inside of the drive... The shutter providing a similar problem.

Grrrrrr.

Muzer · 12 October 2009, 23:48

I've had a shutter breaking off inside and the eject button breaking off when I opened the Amiga. The former I fixed by sheer chance (I shook it hard and it fell out, spring and all). The eject button I fixed with sellotape (and it still works!)

Big-Byte · 13 October 2009, 12:36

For about a year I had to have the top cover off my Amiga A500 because whenever I put a disc in I used to have to give the round disc (magnet?)
on the bottom of the floppy drive a quick spin to get it started (akin to starting a car with a crank handle I suppose)

Muzkat · 13 October 2009, 13:18

I remember Golden Axe becoming stuck in good old DF0 because the label had partially peeled off, inverted, and become stuck to my Miggy's innards.

Because I couldn't pluck the disk out with my fingers, since it was so firmly entrenched, I had to use a pair of tongs from the kitchen to reach into the slot and yank it out.

danwood · 14 October 2009, 22:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big-Byte

For about a year I had to have the top cover off my Amiga A500 because whenever I put a disc in I used to have to give the round disc (magnet?)
on the bottom of the floppy drive a quick spin to get it started (akin to starting a car with a crank handle I suppose)

Oh god that is so funny, i have a similar problem with my a1200. I cleaned my amiga thoroughly ie opened everything up and got rid of all the gunk but i musnt have put it back together properly

The floppy drive works fine but to use it i have to lift up the cover of my amiga or the disk wont go in ie the top half of the amiga case

Jonathan Drain · 19 October 2009, 04:34

My A600 gained a problem where the eject button didn't eject the disk all the way. Most disks, I had to use a knife to lever out the disk.

You can tell my most favourite games by the scratches on the disk label where I had to lever the disk out.

skateblind · 19 October 2009, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan Drain

My A600 gained a problem where the eject button didn't eject the disk all the way. Most disks, I had to use a knife to lever out the disk.

You can tell my most favourite games by the scratches on the disk label where I had to lever the disk out.

So even if the drive was out of the machine you still couldn't push the button all the way down? I get this problem but only because the drive moves around inside the machine.

sneeker · 04 November 2009, 02:41

I voted other..
Most of the time from what I can remember it was when there was a label too many making too thick to eject properly.

Photon · 04 November 2009, 03:13

BTW, I see no floppy stuck in this drive poll... (c) tired jokes inc.

View Poll Results: floppy failure...
Label came off and jammed disk	26	47.27%
The shutter broke inside!	27	49.09%
I tried to re-engineer the steeping motor with some cool code	1	1.82%
I attempted to insert 5 1/4" floppy	0	0%
The eject button broke	12	21.82%
I thought it was a slot for something else	1	1.82%
Cheap disks killed my Amiga!	4	7.27%
I don't floppy... I UAE	3	5.45%
Floppy went hard	2	3.64%
Other... peas post	8	14.55%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

09 October 2009, 23:40	#1
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09 October 2009, 23:55	#2
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Ah, the classic 'insert disk only to eject it with mysterious missing shutter' incident. That was a pain. Also fell foul of getting the disk jammed in a label-related accident. Several times.

10 October 2009, 00:11	#3
Merlin AmiBay MegaMod Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Age: 62 Posts: 1,163	I had one where a rogue disk door ripped one of the drive heads off!!

10 October 2009, 00:40	#4
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	missing little spring from shutter...

10 October 2009, 01:02	#5
asm1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Age: 44 Posts: 637	This thread could be SERIOUSLY misconstrued "Floppy went hard".... might be to do with the fact I am watching P0rn.... but yes I have had "the shutter broke inside" issue.... particularly nasty on a mac with no physical eject button (and no the key combo didnt work either) so I'll vote on that

10 October 2009, 01:19	#6
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Cheap disks killed my Amiga! comes closest. But in my case, it was old disks, rather than cheap disks, which killed my Amiga 500 floppy drive. The heads were so crudded up that it wouldn't read anything else until I'd stripped it down and cleaned them with liberal quantities of isopropyl alcohol applied with cotton buds.

10 October 2009, 01:25	#7
InTheSand Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 43	Ah, the joys of "over-labelled" disks getting stuck! Any more than two disk labels stuck over the top of each other on the same disk was asking for trouble!

10 October 2009, 09:19	#8
amigafan1200 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Narrogin Australia Posts: 49	Either jammed shutters on the disk or label comming of jammed my disk drives.

10 October 2009, 09:31	#9
tero Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: M'Gladbach Age: 46 Posts: 621	This reminds me to a friend in the old days He alert me that he can't eject the disc (He was one of the guys buying a computer just to have one without ever doing something usefull) You guess what, he pulled a disk into drive, but there was a disk allready inserted I don't know how that could be (but i never tried for myself) The second inserted disk could be removed, the first one not I tried with screwdriver but the first disk won't come out. Told him:go buy a new drive NB:Both disks were broken

10 October 2009, 16:46	#10
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	"Other": After some loading, the game told me to insert disk two in the internal drive. It took some effort, but I got it in there. Now that I look back on it, I should probably have ejected the disk that was in the drive first. Unfortunately they were stuck so tight in there that I had to replace the drive. (A classic from some PC support company :P) Edit: Ähem. Should have read the posts first I think...

12 October 2009, 13:04	#12
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,908	label corner letting go and then pasting to the inside of the drive... The shutter providing a similar problem. Grrrrrr.

12 October 2009, 23:48	#13
Muzer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 146	I've had a shutter breaking off inside and the eject button breaking off when I opened the Amiga. The former I fixed by sheer chance (I shook it hard and it fell out, spring and all). The eject button I fixed with sellotape (and it still works!)

13 October 2009, 12:36	#14
Big-Byte Long time member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: UK Posts: 754	For about a year I had to have the top cover off my Amiga A500 because whenever I put a disc in I used to have to give the round disc (magnet?) on the bottom of the floppy drive a quick spin to get it started (akin to starting a car with a crank handle I suppose)

13 October 2009, 13:18	#15
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,426	I remember Golden Axe becoming stuck in good old DF0 because the label had partially peeled off, inverted, and become stuck to my Miggy's innards. Because I couldn't pluck the disk out with my fingers, since it was so firmly entrenched, I had to use a pair of tongs from the kitchen to reach into the slot and yank it out.

19 October 2009, 04:34	#17
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	My A600 gained a problem where the eject button didn't eject the disk all the way. Most disks, I had to use a knife to lever out the disk. You can tell my most favourite games by the scratches on the disk label where I had to lever the disk out.

04 November 2009, 02:41	#19
sneeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester! Posts: 308	I voted other.. Most of the time from what I can remember it was when there was a label too many making too thick to eject properly.

04 November 2009, 03:13	#20
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	BTW, I see no floppy stuck in this drive poll... (c) tired jokes inc.

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