Drive misalignment is something that doesn't usually happen all at once. It's normally a gradual process that begins with occasional disk errors (bad disk or intentional errors from copy protection) while loading (red LED flashing), failure to work with some programs, or excessive head chatter (the drive getting "lost" and having to go back to track zero to "find" it's place again.) Drives are forced out of alignment mostly while hot from extended use. Heavily copy protected programs or disk errors can cause the head to chatter against the track zero stop repeatedly.
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