diff --git a/modules/pcx86/lib/fdc.js b/modules/pcx86/lib/fdc.js
index 22ada1715..0817d533f 100644
--- a/modules/pcx86/lib/fdc.js
+++ b/modules/pcx86/lib/fdc.js
@@ -1400,8 +1400,16 @@ FDC.prototype.loadDiskette = function(iDrive, sDisketteName, sDiskettePath, fAut
 {
     var drive = this.aDrives[iDrive];
     if (sDiskettePath) {
+        /*
+         * TODO: This code contains two hacks that should eventually be eliminated: first, machines
+         * with saved states may attempt to load disks using old paths, so we replace the old path
+         * with the new, and second, they be using lower-case disk image names, whereas we now use
+         * UPPER-CASE names for disk images, so we lower-case both before comparing.  The only problem
+         * with removing these hacks is that we can never be sure when all saved states in the wild
+         * have been updated....
+         */
         sDiskettePath = sDiskettePath.replace("/disks/pc/", "/disks/pcx86/");
-        if (drive.sDiskettePath != sDiskettePath) {
+        if (drive.sDiskettePath.toLowerCase() != sDiskettePath.toLowerCase()) {
             this.unloadDrive(iDrive, fAutoMount, true);
             if (drive.fBusy) {
                 this.notice("Drive " + iDrive + " busy");