as driving motor 2 and is also fitted with a perforeate disc 12 and associated photocells a shaft 13 on the positioning motor 3 is partly constituted by a spindle 14 with whose aid the magnetic head 4 fixed on a head carrier 15 is displaceable within the aperture 6 in the radial direction of the magnetic disc with the aid of the positioning motor 3 the magnetic head 4 is positioned on different tracks on the magnetic disc the floppy disc 5 is drawn into the floppy disc drive unit and ejected from it with the aid of a gripping arrangement the gripping arrangement is formed by a slide 31 equipped with two gripping elements 32 for the floppy disc 5 loading and ejection can be effected with the aid of another motor or as in the present exemplary embodiment with the assistance of the positioning motor 3 to load the floppy disc 5 with the aid of the positioning motor 3 the head carrier 15 on spindle 14 is moved to the center the slide 31 is pressed against the head carrier 15 through the pull of a tension spring 33 in the area of its rear corners the floppy disc 5 is pressed into the gripping elements 32 by hand the gripping elements 32 are sprung and their insides are covered with a friction lining such as felt.