"Lee Masson" <hammer_fan@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Im far too inexperienced to open up the floppy disk drive.
>
> If its possible that what you has suggested has happened, then I will just
> leave as it is, as I hardly ever use it

Sorry, I didn't mean open the floppy disk drive.
I meant open the floppy disk.

Picture:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science...sk_insides.GIF

More info (sorry, long URL):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...26as_qdr%3Dall

If you can't make the long URL work, google for the string "Ask a grown-up
for a computer disk that you can take apart", including the quote " marks.
You should get just one hit, a link to aq page that has an explaination of
how to open the plastic enclosure and what is inside the disk

-Paul Randall