duff internal A500 drive?

[mikeymike]

How can you be sure it isn't the disk that's screwed?  Does the drive attempt to access the disk, does the insert disk logo disappear for a second?  Does the drive click as if it's empty?

[mikeymike]

I doubt that floppy disks can generally last 13 years :-)  Some, but not all :-)

[mikeymike]

I used a floppy from an a600 in the a4000 desktop i put together , a600,s are cheap to buy secondhand because not many people like them .Mine was found in the boot of a car in a scrapyard

Almost sounds like the basis of an RSPCA ad... Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Amigas

[mikeymike]

Amiga vendors sell internal miggy floppy drives, though amigamad's suggestion to get one secondhand is a cheaper option.