SILENT HILL: Townfall Floppy Disk Puzzle & Repair Steps

What is the floppy disk puzzle?

Three floppy disks found around Clara Woods must be repaired and read on the upstairs computer in 5 South Brae (entered with the South Brae House Key). The repaired files print a clue sheet — and that printout feeds the Locker 17 branch of the Strange Gate parts.

What do I need first?

• Disk Case Key — bedside drawer, 5 South Brae upstairs bedroom. It opens both disk cases: the Atlas Computers back-room case (holding the “Fix-A-Disk!” software) and the 5 South Brae upstairs case (holding the Grouped Floppy Disks 1-3).
• Access to the Atlas Computers terminal (first building east of Atlas Square, back room) and the 5 South Brae upstairs computer.

What is the repair workflow?

1. At the terminal, insert Fix-A-Disk! and insert Floppy Disk (2 of 3) when prompted for a disk to scan.
2. Run “Repair Volume” and confirm — only Disk 2 needs the repair pass.
3. Insert the disks in order — 1, 2, 3 — confirming between each insert. PowerPyx reports the confirmation as “Unzip to RAM”; ShowGamer calls the same slot “Confirm” — the workflow agrees, the button label differs between reports.
4. Turn on the printer to the left of the computer and print MANUAL.EML.

What does MANUAL.EML reveal?

The printout is the “Reciprocating Compressor” document. Its part ID — 956 — is the combination for the black box on the desk beside the telephone at 5 South Brae. Inside the box: the South Brae Barcode.

The Locker 17 chain

Take the barcode to the CEG Employee Lockers scanner (same building as the Lost and Found locker):

Step	Object	Value
1	South Brae Barcode → scanner	prints pin 575
2	Locker 17, back wall	open with 575
3	Inside	Boltcutters + one Mechanical Part

The Boltcutters cut the chain on the CEG Lockers’ upstairs gate — the area the other two part-branches (6 North Brae and 5 Upper Brae) run through. All three parts feed the Strange Gate assembly.

What this page rests on

PowerPyx (read in full, 2026-09-23, re-checked 2026-09-24) and ShowGamer (read in full, 2026-09-24) describe the same workflow independently — the only delta is the label on the per-insert confirmation button (“Unzip to RAM” versus “Confirm”), reported as-is. That two-publisher agreement earns the fully-verified badge on the workflow and the 956 → Locker 17 chain; no run was performed on this site, and neither source reports the part ID varying between playthroughs.