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in article <13901@brunix.UUCP>, omh@nancy (Owen M. Hartnett) says:
> Problem:  Disk only ejects about 1/8 inch and won't go out any further.  You
> push it back in and the same thing happens.
> 
> Suggestion:  Don't pull out the disk!!!  Don't pull out the disk!!!
> 
> Instead, get a piece of cardboard, nothing heavy, about 100 lb or so. A 3x5
> card is perfect.  Insert this *above* your disk.  Insert it approximately
> as far as the length of the disk, but don't force it (don't force anything,be
> really gentle. Just kind of slide it over towards the left side of the disk.)
> Now re-insert the disk, making sure the card goes in about the same distance.
> You can still slide it in here, if that's your idea of a good time.

There are actually 3 different problems that I have encountered.

   1) The metal shield will catch on the mechanism and prevent the disk from
      ejecting.  The above procedure should work for this, but I have not had
      a disk jam in this manner recently.

   2) The label on a diskette starts to peel, and causes the disk to jam in the
      drive.  I have solved this one by replacing the label on my data disks.
      For commercial disks, with neat labels, I cover them some really nice
      wide crystal-clear tape that I ordered from a library supply house. This
      keeps the label in really nice condition.  The edges don't peel and the
      label stays nice and clean.

   3) In my external 400K drive, blue sony diskettes eject about 1/8 of an
      inch.  They are not jammed, however.  If you can grasp them, they come
      out just as easily as any other disk that ejects normally.  I suspect
      that the problem is that the sony disks are a tad thicker than the other
      disks that I have.  I have never had this happen in my internal 800K
      drive or any external 800K drives.

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