"A" Drive problems

[Benji]

Hi

Whenever I insert a floppy into "A" drive, it tells to
please insert a floppy, or it says the disk is not
formatted and when I try to do so it says it cannot
complete the format. Tried a new drive and a different
cable, but still the same errors....

Any Ideas

Thanks Benji...

 

[Alex Perez]

If you say you tried a new disk and a new cable then there is only one more
thing to blame; The Controller. You can buy a I/O Controller PCI card for
about $50 USD or less.

 

[Bob Day]

Hi

Whenever I insert a floppy into "A" drive, it tells to
please insert a floppy, or it says the disk is not
formatted and when I try to do so it says it cannot
complete the format. Tried a new drive and a different
cable, but still the same errors....

Is the drive light always on? If so, the floppy cable
may be plugged in backwards. Try reversing it.

-- Bob Day

 

[Maureen Goldman]

Whenever I insert a floppy into "A" drive, it tells to
please insert a floppy, or it says the disk is not
formatted and when I try to do so it says it cannot
complete the format. Tried a new drive and a different
cable, but still the same errors....

Any Ideas

XP won't recognize some floppies formatted in older types of Windows.
I don't think it means there's a defect, just that a different
technique was used for reading information. When I was transferring
over files from my Win98 machine, I had most files on floppies that
had been expanded to 1.6M via a software program. Ended up having to
dump everything back and put the programs on 1.44 floppies... and it
still didn't like some of those. For a while I felt that I was trying
to feed a fussy baby.

As for formatting: When XP does at least recognize that a floppy is
present: Have you been formatting in Windows Explorer via
right-clicking the drive and choosing format?