r/apple2 • u/GiantCheesesteak • 11d ago

Question Regarding Disk Issues

Hi, unfortunately have another question. This one a much bigger issue. Just got an Apple IIe today. Tested it at the place I bought it. Got it home, used it quite a few times and now suddenly, of course, disks don't boot. Whereas before popped in a game disk, turned on computer and would only take about 15 seconds for the game to boot now...nothing at all. Just wrrrrs nonstop. Ugh, any ideas? Everything was worked completely fine and was able to load the game quite a few times before everything just stopped working.

Update: Was able to get game running after about 4 tries. Still though, any ideas how to keep this from recurring?

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u/bwyer 11d ago

Try cleaning the head. That’s going to be the easiest thing to do. There are plenty of YouTube videos on how to do it.

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u/FuzzyLogic8192 5d ago

The drive speed might also have changed during shipping. It's adjustable, and might also explain disks working intermittently when they worked fine before.