doesn't recognize A: or zip drive

[Susan]

why can't I get a floppy to work...and I can't get my zip
drive to work. What do I need to look for?

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

why can't I get a floppy to work...and I can't get my zip
drive to work. What do I need to look for?

What did you do to your system recently? (Updates, new software, what?)

 

[JR K Yoshikawa]

Please post more detailed information.

What is problem detail?

What is your Floppy and Zip Interface?
(Internal or external, IDE, SCISI, USB Parallel)
is that new drives?
Can you see them in My Computer?

 

[Chet Lewis]

I had the similiar problem after installing Norton Anti Virus 2004. In
addition, my CD ROM drives would not recognize content on data CD's. I
followed the work-around suggested by Symantec on their FAQ and it worked.

Open Norton Antivirus 2004 (NAV04) and click Options. uncheck the Start
Auto-protect on Startup box. Accept and close the program. Restart the
computer. After the computer has re-booted, manually Enable the
Auto-protect feature. Your drives should work.

Visit the Symantec discussion at
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/pfdocs/2003050715532006?open

 

[Thomas Garrod]

Thanks much to Chet Lewis. Your answer solved my problem
too. I had all of my drives driving me crazy. The
hilarious thing about this is that for two years I have
not been able to make a zip100 work, and now, after all
my futzing around, it works now too! I have no idea how
I did it unless it was correcting a problem with
slave/master. Anyway, you saved my brain. It was really
fried over this.