Hi guys,

Back in build 5600...when I started building my machine, I decided that it
was a good idea to have a perfectly normal looking 3.5" floppy drive.

Now - BIOS reports it normally, even the new version of device manager
reports it normally.

When I try to access it, it reckons that the disk in drive A: is not
formatted would I like to format it now? I reckon that's kewl, it has a
hissy fit and after a few minutes' worth of hanging, eventually reports that
Windows Explorer has stopped working. Possibly on strike being asked to
actually access an obsolete piece of hardware?

Is this normal behaviour for Vista, or have I missed something / have a
dodgy floppy drive?

TIA,
--
'Kay,
Chiz!
Chas.

No, it's not normal. I have 2 computers here that have floppy drives and are
running Vista RTM. Both of them can access the drives.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Chas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi guys,
>
> Back in build 5600...when I started building my machine, I decided that it
> was a good idea to have a perfectly normal looking 3.5" floppy drive.
>
> Now - BIOS reports it normally, even the new version of device manager
> reports it normally.
>
> When I try to access it, it reckons that the disk in drive A: is not
> formatted would I like to format it now? I reckon that's kewl, it has a
> hissy fit and after a few minutes' worth of hanging, eventually reports
> that Windows Explorer has stopped working. Possibly on strike being asked
> to actually access an obsolete piece of hardware?
>
> Is this normal behaviour for Vista, or have I missed something / have a
> dodgy floppy drive?
>
> TIA,
> --
> 'Kay,
> Chiz!
> Chas.

It could be that your floppy drive has seen better days, or maybe your
diskettes..


"Chas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi guys,
>
> Back in build 5600...when I started building my machine, I decided that it
> was a good idea to have a perfectly normal looking 3.5" floppy drive.
>
> Now - BIOS reports it normally, even the new version of device manager
> reports it normally.
>
> When I try to access it, it reckons that the disk in drive A: is not
> formatted would I like to format it now? I reckon that's kewl, it has a
> hissy fit and after a few minutes' worth of hanging, eventually reports
> that Windows Explorer has stopped working. Possibly on strike being asked
> to actually access an obsolete piece of hardware?
>
> Is this normal behaviour for Vista, or have I missed something / have a
> dodgy floppy drive?
>
> TIA,
> --
> 'Kay,
> Chiz!
> Chas.