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 too right it does how does one go about fixing it are there alignment screws that you can adjust the very very first thing you do is make sure that all files on the floppies that you can currently read in the drive which aren t already on your hd or another floppy if you have two floppy drives get copied to your hd and or to a floppy in your other drive if you don t do this before fixing the alignment problem you have kissd those files goodbye well you can try to re misalign the drive back to read your floppies but don t count on be able to do so generally head alignment is something i d only trust to a good repair shop though there are have been diy guides nick fitzgerald pc applications consultant csc uni of canterbury n z n fitzgerald csc canterbury ac nz tel fax
