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Re: Need Thinkpad 750 floppy drive repair or replacement



Just for a temporary solution...if you have another Win95 desktop and a net
or direct connection to it, you can share the floppy from the desktop to
the notebook. 

Gook luck...and careful with those removable media devices...
Thanks
Mike Redmond
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At 05:15 PM 12/27/96 -0500, Sean Owens wrote:
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>Well, due to stupidity on my part and a friend's part, my floppy drive is now
>only half working.  A disk got stuck in the drive because the metal flanges
>were sticking out, and to remove it we tried using a plastic knife, in the
>process damaging the drive.  My theory is one of the heads is scraped or
out of
>alignment.  Now half the sectors on a disk are unreadable.  I tried a disk
>cleaner with no luck, so now I'm looking into getting it either repaired (I
>don't think this is likely) or replaced.  If anyone out there has a spare 750
>floppy drive for sale, or knows where I can buy one or get one repaired, I
>would be forever in their debt.  In fact, I'm open to any suggestions at all.
>It's no fun not being able to read disks. ;-)  Thanks for any help.
>
>Sean Owens
>player@envirolink.org
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