DebB wrote: > Hi all, thanks for having me in your group! I have a few old SE's at > home and one of them has an issue with floppy disks. When I insert a > HD floppy (even a system disk from apple) I get the "this disk is > unreadable" dialogue. I have attached an external floppy drive but get > the same message. Now I am not sure what type of external floppy drive > I have - I have 3 of them, 2 with no eject button and one with the > eject button and the lined grooves on the case. I suspect they may > only be DD not HD drives.... is that the case? Or is there some kind > of system extension that may be missing? > > Perhaps the floppy drive in this machine is gone. Is there a chance of > replacing it from another dead machine, and if so, are there > instructions online somewhere? > > Thanks, > Deb > > - Have you tried a known 800 k disk? The original se only had 800k drives.
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