Stone
10k Member
No, you've had them for 12 months! They're 10 to 15 years old or more. I have sealed boxes of 3M 3.5" disks in the basement that I know are over 20 years old because I've had them at least that long. Try cleaning the heads -- it can't hurt.When trying to read a floppy all you can hear is faint buzz, looks like the heads are not even trying to read the disk. Its possible that a bad disk caused damage, however all of the 3.5" floppies that I was using on that machine were less than 12 months old (3M, found a shop that still sells them).