re floppy only reads what it wrote in article netxcom netx com pdressne netxcom netx com peter dressner writes i have a gateway with a floppy the drive only reads files it wrote to the floppy floppies that have been formatted and contain files from other machines are unreadable also floppies that were written by this defective floppy drive a long time ago are also unreadable this sounds like a head alignment problem how does one go about fixing it are there alignment screws that you can adjust thanks in advance for your responses peter a friend of mine had the same problem it turned out that his floppy was set up as a mb drive instead of mb might help matt crowley just remember i ll have known that deep down srg uk ac coventry cck inside you were just enough of a bastard to be worth liking
