pollyisagoodbird Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 So my disk drive all the sudden stopped working today in the middle of testing some disks. I recently loaded up Ghostbusters - forgetting to input the program to prevent the clacking noise that occurs while loading; it slipped my mind - and the game loaded fine. I tried another game, only to get the drive to make the clacking noise twice followed by a disc read error. It now won't read any disks. Any way to fix this manually without having to use special software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjonte Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 It might be possible to bump the head in the other direction to align it again. I’ve done it before with success, but not without special software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Robin at 8-bit Show and Tell on YouTube has a video describing something similar - it might be the case for you also. In his case, the head bumped too far and got stuck and he was able to "free" it. Perhaps this is what happened to yours as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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