DF:0 BAD ???

[actung_bab]

thanos wrote:
Arghhh...

I was just spending a few minutes with my newly acquired A2000.
gee join the club l am in the same boat so to speak call it
the gee l wish floppy drives dont suck club.

l think the drives are old know the machines l got had very dusty df0 drives . the external drives l got all seem fine but then u cant boot games of them , ive tryed.
very frustrating as love to try the software l got with these machines but scared l just wreak all the discs.

l suggest if you have newer machine like amiga 1200 trying that drive in the 2000
I have quite a few disks, and was attempting to try a few.
After several disks didn't work, read errors and the like, the disk icon now just says DF:0 BAD.

The icon remains the same even if the disk is removed.
The icon remains even after restarting the workbench, with no disk in the drive.
The icon remains the same even if I disconnect the drive, of course the machine is powered off and unplugged, and restart the machine.

What happened?

The drive is dead?
The controller is dead?
I am dead and just haven't realized it?

Any ideas?  How can I remedy this problem?

I have an external drive that seems to work, should I scavenge it for the drive?

Cursing didn't help...I"m off to work, any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.