Floppy Disk Drive

[Lee Masson]

Hi All,
I am on Windows XP, and for some reason I cannot access any floppy disk as
they cannot be read on my floppy drive.

I have had the pc for 3yrs, and am sure I have used some disks in it during
that time.

I know some of them might have been set-up on Windows 98, but that shouldnt
make a difference should it.

Every time I put a disk in that has something on, it tells me I need to
format the disk.

Even when I do, it still wont work.

I have removed the drivers and rebooted, with no resolution.

I know nobody uses floppy disk drives no more, but I have information on
some that I need to access.

Can anyone help me

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi All,
I am on Windows XP, and for some reason I cannot access any floppy disk as
they cannot be read on my floppy drive.

I have had the pc for 3yrs, and am sure I have used some disks in it during
that time.

I know some of them might have been set-up on Windows 98, but that shouldnt
make a difference should it.

Every time I put a disk in that has something on, it tells me I need to
format the disk.

Even when I do, it still wont work.

I have removed the drivers and rebooted, with no resolution.

I know nobody uses floppy disk drives no more, but I have information on
some that I need to access.

Can anyone help me

Thanks

Probably a disk drive gone bad. Get a friend to make you a Win98
boot diskette from www.bootdisk.com, then boot your machine
with this boot disk. If it boots successfully and if it then can read
your floppy data disks then you have a Windows problem. If it
still can't read them then you have a floppy disk problem.

 

[Paul Randall]

Hi All,
I am on Windows XP, and for some reason I cannot access any floppy disk as
they cannot be read on my floppy drive.

I have had the pc for 3yrs, and am sure I have used some disks in it
during that time.

I know some of them might have been set-up on Windows 98, but that
shouldnt make a difference should it.

Every time I put a disk in that has something on, it tells me I need to
format the disk.

Even when I do, it still wont work.

I have removed the drivers and rebooted, with no resolution.

I know nobody uses floppy disk drives no more, but I have information on
some that I need to access.

Can anyone help me

Thanks

Sometimes, old floppy disks kind of stick -- they won't rotate or rotate
poory. Does it rotate easily by hand? I have successfully taken the guts
out of one floppy and put it in a new floppy and it would then read. Some
floppy cases snap open easier than others, and you may need a little tape to
hold it together when you are done.

-Paul Randall

 

[Lee Masson]

But I am on Windows XP, so a Windows 98 boot disk would be useless.

 

[Lee Masson]

Im far too inexperienced to open up the floppy disk drive.

If its possible that what you has suggested has happened, then I will just
leave as it is, as I hardly ever use it

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Lee,

The point Pegasus was trying to make is if your computer booted with a W98
boot disk, your floppy drive is OK. What OS you are running makes no
difference.

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

 

[Paul Randall]

Im far too inexperienced to open up the floppy disk drive.

If its possible that what you has suggested has happened, then I will just
leave as it is, as I hardly ever use it

Sorry, I didn't mean open the floppy disk drive.
I meant open the floppy disk.

Picture:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/dissect_disk/disk_insides.GIF

More info (sorry, long URL):
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...&svnum=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N&as_qdr=all

If you can't make the long URL work, google for the string "Ask a grown-up
for a computer disk that you can take apart", including the quote " marks.
You should get just one hit, a link to aq page that has an explaination of
how to open the plastic enclosure and what is inside the disk

-Paul Randall

 

[Lee Masson]

ok, sorry...lol

seem to have sorted my problem.

i searched the newsgroups on msn, and someone suggested downloading a zip
file that had VIA 3-Mode Floppy Disk Driver Components in it.

It seems to have fixed my floppy drive, for now at least

 

[Lee Masson]

Curt,
Sorry mate, didnt realise.

Alot of Windows is still new to me. Was always under the impression it had
to be the same as the OS you were running.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Curt Christianson]

You're welcome Lee. Post back if you have more questions.

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/