Friday, July 31, 2009

My floppy is stuck in the computer at the school library.?

I am using the library computer right now, and I must have put my floppy in wrong b/c it is stuck and won't come out. I want to get it out without being to obvious, b/c I don't want to have someone look at it b/c I will look like an idiot. What should I do.? Hurry!!

My floppy is stuck in the computer at the school library.?
Those are tricky to unstick....Anyone needs a really thin blade to run along top and bottom of the floppy..chances are the metal edge got bent a little causing it to stick
Reply:Well, the button is usually always on the bottom side of the floppy disk. I think anyway it should only go in one way. If it is all the way in and the button won't release it, then I would say you should contact a person in charge and get some help. Sometimes stuff happens. If it is partly in, maybe you could "very gently" wiggle it sideways, not up or down to bend it. But... ask for help. I just thought, sometimes the door of the floppy can stick up on an older one. The label could peal as well.
Reply:Sorry, but you don't have much of a choice other than to ask one of the library attendants to help you. I'm sure they won't mind and it'd be better for you to do it sooner than later.
Reply:most CD, DVD and floppy drives have a little pinhole somewhere on the face of the drive. take a paperclip and straighten it out as best you can. put it into the pinhole and push it to manually open the tray or eject your floppy.





don't feel like an idiot -- on floppies that metal cover that slides to the side to expose the disc inside can sometimes lift up and the flap gets caught on the internal mechanism. so don't be afraid to ask for help rather than ruin your disc or be suspected of trying to damage the library computer. ;-)





good luck!


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