Floppy drive just plain not working...

[skip2mylou]

hey everyone. ive got some floppy disk drive on my comp, u know the regular 1.4 MB one, and it was working fine for a while. then all of a sudden. nothing. like i put in a floppy, i run A:, the green LED comes on the drive to show activity. then i get a dialog box saying there is no disk. i bought a new pack of disks and used them on my laptop, works fine, does not work on PC. any idea how to revive my floppy drive.

PS> i though that it wont work cuzza dirt, but i dont know. like im sure theres dust in there, but shouldnt it still function? thanks.

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[Kyla666 (zzk2001)]

My  A:  drive has Never worked on my New Pc i did not even know till it was to late =( i have the same thang the LED lites up but says there is no disk in the drive =(

[Snafupossum]

you still use floppy's? what can you use them for? some word doc's dont even fit anymore...

[skip2mylou]

ur right i dont really use it, but i just would like it to work for the sake of it. what really gets me is that it was working then just stopped. 

[Blink]

well considering they are less than 10 dollars to replace, i'd do that instead of worrying about trying to repair it...

[skip2mylou]

ur right, its prolly not worth the effort, and i should just replace it. but now the problem arises... shopping. urg. ah well. ill just take it apart and clean it or something and try again.