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Why do some disks fail to read on the USB floppy drives but read OK when using the shared drive (internal floppy drive) in the 1-Box?

April 26, 2017disks drive drives fail floppy Internal Ok read Shared USB

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Why do some disks fail to read on the USB floppy drives but read OK when using the shared drive (internal floppy drive) in the 1-Box?

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It seems that the USB (external) floppy drives are more temperamental than standard floppy drives. Unless the USB floppies fail to read all floppy disks, the solution of using the fixed drive seems the best. If no floppies can be accessed see the section on trouble shooting floppy drives.