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  1. kallisti5

    Repairing bad floppy disks

    So, I can't find this process documented anywhere, so I wanted to post it here. I have a *big* box of 3.5" bad / crudely magnet wiped floppy disks. None of them have been functional, and writes always fail. I've figured out a process to bring these floppy disks back to life. Note: We are...
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    Macintosh Classic Floppy Drives - auto-inject.

    I just finished restoring my Macintosh Classic (new caps, retrobrite case). It's working perfectly minus one thing... the floppy drive. While cleaning it, I didn't realize how little upward force it took on the heads to "bend" the spring steel to permanently deform it. I tried the "inserting...
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