Noisy floppy drive

[Guest]

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My Dell 2400 has a 3 1/2 floppy drive (A. When I insert floppy
disks, the drive will make a moderately loud, buzzing sound. This sound
will remain until the diskette is removed. My experience with floppy drives
is that they only make noise when retrieving data.
I don't use the floppy drive very much, but am wondering why it's so
loud. Could it be a defective drive, or perhaps would purchasing a floppy
drive cleaning kit help?

 

[roy]

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You can pick up a new one for around £5
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> My Dell 2400 has a 3 1/2 floppy drive (A. When I insert floppy
> disks, the drive will make a moderately loud, buzzing sound. This sound
> will remain until the diskette is removed. My experience with floppy
drives
> is that they only make noise when retrieving data.
> I don't use the floppy drive very much, but am wondering why it's
so
> loud. Could it be a defective drive, or perhaps would purchasing a floppy
> drive cleaning kit help?
>
>
>
>