On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:32:55 GMT, (Brad) wrote:

Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.

Here in Australia we have a trade shop which supplies repairers with components,
and they have an extensive range of circular/square/flat drive belts for audio
etc gear. I'm sure there are similar suppliers over your side.