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I Ran a 5.25” Floppy Disk With NO Case in an IBM XT Drive.

We Fix Stupid Computers  •  46.2K subscribers

Feb 13, 2026
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@wefixstupidcomputers Feb 19, 2026
Wait until you see inside the drive…
@NavajoNinja Feb 20, 2026
floppy discs store codes for all nukes on earth
@Fortwuny Feb 20, 2026
Putting your disk in with no protection will get you FDD aka floppy disk disease.
@michaeldepaola9675 Feb 20, 2026
This must be what they’re using to release the Epstein files
@zetizahara Feb 20, 2026
But why?
@ErrorJan Feb 20, 2026
What was the point x3
@sinnaaziz1818 Feb 20, 2026
in use it when I learn Win95, Lotus123
@sinnaaziz1818 Feb 20, 2026
that DOS, innit?
@DavidWilliford Feb 20, 2026
Advancing technology 5 1/4" at a time!
@Simulera Feb 20, 2026
Why?
@davids9577 Feb 20, 2026
Memories... Had a guy in the NY office that insisted on sending us 8" floppies when us and the rest of the world had moved on to 5 1/4" floppies (80's lol). I cured him of this by cutting the 8" floppy down to 5 1/4" floppy size, stapled it together and sent it back to him with a message saying …
@SirCzechMate Feb 20, 2026
I still don't understand why the evolution of the floppy disk was named the compact disk instead of the firm disk...