Re: Stuck floppy

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From: Ted Johnson
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1988 16:10

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>        Well it finally happened to me; I got a floppy stuck in the upper drive
>of my 2 floppy SE. The Mac doesn't recognize the disk since it thinks it has
>ejected it. The disk wont push back in or come out and the manual (paper clip)
>hole doesn't affect anything.

Are you sure?  You have to push the paper clip WAY IN before it will work.
Unless your disk is stuck in there because the label is sticking to the
guts of the disk drive, the paper clip trick should work.

-Ted

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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Stuck floppy
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