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Ok, 
   
  The drive had a missing piece of plastic that held down the top head... so.... I gently pushed it down with a pencil while I copied the SD software across to the HD.. success.. at least it's on my drive now.
   
  Onwards...
   
  

Mike de Vries <mrjdevries@...> wrote:
          I'm about to take out the drive & clean it etc..

If that does not work, and I burn it to a CD which the old mac can read (With a SCSI cd drive)
Will i be able to instal SD or does it 'need' a floppy to run every time?

Regards

Mike

hexafuzz <gclip@...> wrote:
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "mrjdevries" <mrjdevries@...>
wrote:
>
> I stuck in the SD disk from Emu-archives, but i'm pretty sure the 
> disk drive is in not so great condition.. As it does not read it 
> properly.
> I verified this by formatting another disk, to which, after the 
> format it comes up with the error "This disk is Locked"

Have you tried cleaning the floppy drive with compressed air and/or a
head cleaning disk? ie: http://tinyurl.com/6qf5yj

If careful cleaning doesnt help, Id look into a replacement floppy
drive (either internal or external SCSI).

Yes, there are ways to put the files you need on CD-Rom (ie: find
someone who has a Mac with a SCSI CD burner, or load a PC reading
extension: http://www.tempel.org/joliet/), but ultimately you will
still *need* a working floppy drive if you value a hassle free legacy
Mac experience.

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