Dalton wrote...
> I have a stock PTP 225 with a dead floppy drive. I have tried several other
>units pulled from some other 1.4 drives but all it does is kind of click and
>when a floppy is placed in the drive it is immediately ejected. So to get by
>on this I am connected to another computer with a good drive and using file
>sharing to transfer data.
> Any advice on this would be appreciated.

you might try opening the floppy case,  (not to difficult) , and cleaning
out the dust which can accumulate there over time.
Air (& dust) are drawn through the floppy when the machine is running.
As often as not a failed floppy drive is just dirty.

Cheers...Michael



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