# How to use both sides of a floppy on a Apple Drive II 2023-06-04 The Apple #Disk-II drive is capable of reading only one side of a floppy disks. To use the other side of a [[vladcampos.com/Maker/Apple IIe/Disks/2023-06-05 • Floppy disks compatible with the Apple II Drive|Double Side (DS) disk]], you need to flip it like a vinyl record. However, only flipping won't do the trick. All 5.25 #floppy disks have a cutout on the right-hand side which tells the drive they can be written on. However, if you flip it, there will be no notch, and the drive will not be able to write on that side. In the past, we had a tool called the Floppy Disk Notcher. But for inexplicable reasons, it became too expensive, and in the end, all you need to do is cut the disk in the right spot. I use an X-ACTO knife, but if you're careful, you can use a good pair of scissors as well. To tell where to cut, I use masking tape (see image below) and trace the line by flipping another disk on top of the one I'm cutting. ![[vladcampos.com/_photos/2024-01-15-disk-cutout.jpg]] <button>[[vladcampos.com/Maker/Apple IIe/The Apple IIe Project|The Apple IIe Project]]</button> ![[vladcampos.com/_embedded/After Post]]