Floppy Disc Driver Corrupted or Missing

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP Home Edition. My floppy driver is corrupted. I need
to uninstall and reinstall my floppy disc driver. I have looked everywhere
for this driver...I have NO disc, came already installed...Even tried a Sony
external drive, it said to use the Windows driver that is already installed
on my computer. Their website does NOT carry the driver for Windows XP. HELP!!

 

[Jim Macklin]

Probably it is in the BIOS, how do you know it is corrupted?



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|I am running Windows XP Home Edition. My floppy driver is
corrupted. I need
| to uninstall and reinstall my floppy disc driver. I have
looked everywhere
| for this driver...I have NO disc, came already
installed...Even tried a Sony
| external drive, it said to use the Windows driver that is
already installed
| on my computer. Their website does NOT carry the driver
for Windows XP. HELP!!
| --
| Jesus Lives!!

 

[peter]

Go to Device Manager and uninstall the Floppy drive........then reboot
XP should detect and load the drivers at this point.
peter

 

[Guest]

BIOS recently updated. I get an error code 39 when I look in the Device
Manager.

 

[Guest]

Tried this approach 3 times. I need to remove the corrupted driver and
replace it. I can't find the driver on the website...any website!!

 

[Jim Macklin]

That is probably the problem.

Remove the battery to clear the BIOS settings. The do a new
flash with the proper BIOS file if you can without the
floppy. Look for a Express BIOS update that can run within
Windows.

Otherwise, you may need a new motherboard.



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| BIOS recently updated. I get an error code 39 when I look
in the Device
| Manager.
| --
| Jesus Lives!!
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > Probably it is in the BIOS, how do you know it is
corrupted?
| >
| >
| >
| > message
| >
| > |I am running Windows XP Home Edition. My floppy driver
is
| > corrupted. I need
| > | to uninstall and reinstall my floppy disc driver. I
have
| > looked everywhere
| > | for this driver...I have NO disc, came already
| > installed...Even tried a Sony
| > | external drive, it said to use the Windows driver that
is
| > already installed
| > | on my computer. Their website does NOT carry the
driver
| > for Windows XP. HELP!!
| > | --
| > | Jesus Lives!!
| >
| >
| >

 

[Mistoffolees]

Tried this approach 3 times. I need to remove the corrupted driver and
replace it. I can't find the driver on the website...any website!!

Tried pointing the installation wizard to the \windows\inf folder?

 

[BigJim]

the driver is built into xp, go to device manager and uninstall the floppy
drive controller and the floppy drive, reboot and it should reinstall it. If
it doesn't it is possible that the drive is bad or the controller is not
working.