How To Remove And Replace The Inner 3.5" Floppy Disk & Metal Shutter Without Ruining Them! 💾

This is my how to on the above. It has taken around two weeks to gather my findings from various sources... from watching others destroy disks right up to how a 3.5" floppy was made in the factory!

This is my second iteration of the only way a floppy can be reverse engineered without bending the metal shutter, wrecking the disk, pinging the spring or just fluffing the whole thing up.

I am open to other suggestions, but I have tried so many things and either ruined the disk inside or wrecked the case. This method ensures you can keep your original floppy game case/labels as pristine as you can, these things are getting rare now.

My idea is to recover the disk casing and possibly the inner disk to original quality. If the inner disk is beyond recovery, then a new inner will be sourced and data written back to it from a known game data archive source.

TIPS:

• Grab those floppies from your cellar or loft and store them between a constant 10 to 40 degrees, otherwise they will end up growing mould inside the disk (if they haven't already!).
• Before you put a floppy in your drive check to see if it has mould, if they do, don't put them in your drive, they will make an awful ticking/scratching noise and will scratch the disk causing it to fail!
• If you do end up putting a disk in to test and it makes a noise, immediately take it out and send it in for recovery.

A HUGE THANKS to the 'Greaseweazle' community on Facebook groups too, you have been great!

I hope this has helped somebody... GAME ON BAAAAABY! 💾 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkAYFrYhOvM