On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10:21:57 AM UTC-4, Snogpitch wrote:   
   > I've had reading problems with my 1541-II over the years. Every time it was   
   because the pressure of the read head was not getting adequate contact on the   
   surface of the disk. Lightly bending the lever mechanism to allow greater   
   pressure restores    
   reading functionality unit it is needed to be done again in a few years.     
   > An easy way to check if this is your problem is to try to read the directory   
   with your finger lightly pressing on the drive head. If it reads, the that's   
   your problem.    
   >    
   > Snogpitch   
   >    
   > ICQ: 4989342   
      
   I have hours in trying to fix my old drive. Lot of reading online but nobody   
   else suggested this. Thanks, it helped me figure out the issue!   
      
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