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First post, by Miphee

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I have a boxed Windows 95 and Office 7.0 with 3 bad disks.
I want to preserve the original look of the disks but replace the bad platter or whatever it's called to a working one.
Has anyone tried this? Can it be done at all?

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Reply 2 of 5, by maxtherabbit

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Yes, and it's called a cookie. Pop open the top of the plastic sleeve to avoid bending the metal shutter. Then carefully pry it open just enough and the cookie will fall out. Handle it with nitrile gloves in a dust free environment

Reply 4 of 5, by Caluser2000

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Yes you can with a little care.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 5 of 5, by Miphee

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Success!
Older style disk cases are snapped together while new disks are glued or plastic-welded like Errius mentioned.
Luckily Microsoft mostly used the older style except for a few cases (certain NT 4.0 editions).
Thanks for the input guys, the faulty disks are repaired now.

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