8 Apr
1999
8 Apr
'99
6:08 a.m.
agreed, but i'd only apply this throw away mindset
to ordinary pc floppy
drives. mac suprdrives are hard to find and expensive. i've one now in my mac
IIx that's not reading any disks. apple drives are plentiful and cheap, but
i'd fix them as well since none are produced anymore, obviously.
When you say not reading, is it;
Fails to spin at all, so all discs are immediately rejected?
Doesn't reliably read? My wet cleaning floppy often helps this case.
I have a few diagnostic programs, and I think it is TechTool Pro that will
do a full drive test, with a 0% to 100% rating that fairly accurately ranks
condition of drives. A few of the refurb places sell drives using this
rating, with a 90%+ drive fetching a 100% premium over just a working drive.