Taking Apart a Floppy Disk Drive

Remember those old floppy drives? They are so outdated now, but they have many cool parts inside. Here is how to get at them, plus see what a floppy disk drive looks like inside.

- a small slot screwdriver

- a floppy disk drive (make sure that your parents are okay with this to those who use their parent's drive)

- a workspace

- effort

-and time

Take out all the wires from the back.

Unscrew the screw at the back with a small flat screwdriver.

Use your fingernail or a flat screwdriver to pry off the top.

Cool huh?

Flip it over and then unscrew the three screws.

Take off the front panel. Push on the little tabs with the small screwdriver.

Unscrew the two screws shown in the picture.

Unscrew the three screws shown in the pictures.

Flip it over and unpug the wires shown in the picture. Then flip it over again and take the circuits and motor off. There are quite a few tabs to take it out from underneath.

Flip it over again. Unscrew the 2 screws shown. Take out the loosened pieces. I think the larger one is part of the disk reader.

Unscrew the screws beside the motor still attached to the floppy disk drive's case. It will loosen up the stepper motor assembly.

First, take out pin shown in picture one. Second, unscrew the screw shown in the second picture. Third take out the metal spring pin assembly. (The third picture shows where it is and the pin is beside the case.) Finally, grip the groove of the cover and force the cover off, away from the motor assembly.

Disconnect the motor from the slider piece and pull out of the hole it's in.

Take out the rest of the circuitry. The picture shows which screw.

From here you can do what you like. There are a few exposed springs you might want. There is also the rest of the stepper motor slider. I wanted to carefully take out the slider to possibly reuse. Please enjoy your newfound motors and other electronic circuitry!
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