Flippy Drive problem

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OleDawg

When I try to open a floppy disk in windows explorer ,I get a screen
asking to install a disk . It happens a number of different disks
..Sometimes it asks to format the disk ..Once in a while it will read
the disk but if I change disks it doesnt dump what was on the previous
disk.

I have tried 2 other drives and numerous ables .

Could it be the Mother Board ????

Any Ideas .

TIA

Flipperf
 
OleDawg said:
When I try to open a floppy disk in windows explorer ,I get a screen
asking to install a disk . It happens a number of different disks
.Sometimes it asks to format the disk ..Once in a while it will read
the disk but if I change disks it doesnt dump what was on the previous
disk.

I have tried 2 other drives and numerous ables .

Could it be the Mother Board ????

Any Ideas .

TIA

Flipperf
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Are you using Windows XP????? If so, there is a known problem with
recognizing floppies that were formatted with a lesser OS. The key is
to full format your blank floppies with XP and then anything written to
them (even with another OS) can be read.
 
OleDawg said:
When I try to open a floppy disk in windows explorer ,I get a screen
asking to install a disk . It happens a number of different disks
.Sometimes it asks to format the disk ..Once in a while it will read
the disk but if I change disks it doesnt dump what was on the previous
disk.

I have tried 2 other drives and numerous ables .

Could it be the Mother Board ????

Any Ideas .
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Usually this has to do with the BIOS, FDD Controllers and mode 3 FDD's/
non mode 3 FDD's.
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OleDawg;

You might want to check in your bios for an option like "floppy drive seek
at boot" or some similar sounding wordage and enable it if disabled. That
alone just may raise your satisfaction level. Win Xp has a setting for
checking for floppy drives at boot as well but I can't recall where it is so
you're on your own for finding that.

You didn't mention the OS being used here or mainboard model type, so going
solely on psychic abilities many questions come to mind such as is he
overclocking the fsb on a board that doesn't lock the pci speed? Did this
flippy drive work before just fine a few days ago? Is the cable plugged in
nice and firm? Is the cable connected properly or is the cable reversed?
Etc, etc...

Regards, Bob Troll
 
OleDawg;

You might want to check in your bios for an option like "floppy drive seek
at boot" or some similar sounding wordage and enable it if disabled. That
alone just may raise your satisfaction level. Win Xp has a setting for
checking for floppy drives at boot as well but I can't recall where it is so
you're on your own for finding that.

You didn't mention the OS being used here or mainboard model type, so going
solely on psychic abilities many questions come to mind such as is he
overclocking the fsb on a board that doesn't lock the pci speed? Did this
flippy drive work before just fine a few days ago? Is the cable plugged in
nice and firm? Is the cable connected properly or is the cable reversed?
Etc, etc...

Regards, Bob Troll
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Further information
Its a Dell computer Pent 3 790 Mhz
Windows xp Pro sp-2
The problem started suddenly ,no apparent reason with WinXp Home
isnstalled .

The pop up screen reads "Please install a disk in Drive A " with some
disks
with other disks it reads " The disk in drive a is not formatted etc "

In attempting to troubleshoot I tried 2 other drives with cables that
worked in other computers .I also did a new install of WinXp pro SP-2
and still get the same problems .

Iv also formatted new disks in another computer with XP Pro installed
to use

Ive check the Bios but dont see any problem although I may not no
what to look for

The cables are tight and properly installed

Thanks for taking the time to help me out

Flipperf
 
OleDawg said:
Further information
Its a Dell computer Pent 3 790 Mhz
Windows xp Pro sp-2
The problem started suddenly ,no apparent reason with WinXp Home
isnstalled .

The pop up screen reads "Please install a disk in Drive A " with some
disks
with other disks it reads " The disk in drive a is not formatted etc "

In attempting to troubleshoot I tried 2 other drives with cables that
worked in other computers .I also did a new install of WinXp pro SP-2
and still get the same problems .

Iv also formatted new disks in another computer with XP Pro installed
to use
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Were these floppy disks FULL formatted, or QUICK formatted? The
problem I described has to do with writing the FAT or boot sector of the
floppy, and a Quick format does not effect that. You might also try
formatting a disk on YOUR computer and see if the problem repeats itself
after having formatted the disk.
 
you can try uninstalling the drive, and letting xp re-install it when you
next power up.

to uninstall it:
hold down the a flag key on the keyboard, it's next to the ALT keys, and
then press and release the pause/break key, and then release the ALT key.
In the popup window that apperas:
click on hardware, then device manger, then floppy disk drives.
select the drive and right click on it, then click on uninstall.

If the problem continues, you could fool with the diagnostic stuff that's in
the same place.

Good Luck,

Avery
 
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