Broken floppy disks

Hi I've seen case where if the disk has had an error on track 0, you can not even reformat using the format tool. The tool is too smart. In some case, I've taken a small maget and dragged it along the surface of the disk to remove all of the original format. It needs to make contact with the surface so you need a method of rotating the disk inside the case. Avoid scratching or denting the surface or it will be useless. The other possible problem is that there is something on your drives head that is scratching the magnetic material off. If you've not cleaned the heads in some time, don't blame the disk. There are some disk that others have reported to have failed but I've personally never seen one to fail without cause. The most common on 3.5's is contamination of dirt from carrying around in pockets. Next is dirty heads. I've even seen oily fingers from small children. If the surface is being removed, the heads will surely need cleaning. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Learn. Laugh. Share. Reallivemoms is right place! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us