"Frank" <> wrote in
"Nicole" <wrote in message
| All of a sudden my floppy drive is not working.It doesn't
| read a disk and say it should be formatted, and then it
| doesn't format . I cant get a file from a floppy disk or
| save anything to a floppy disk . What should i do??
| HELP PLEASE
Try both links below
In Win XP Will not read floppy drives or diskettes.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282470
Floppy will not format under Win XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
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Neither of which addresses the OP's problem.
It's a long read, but there is a good discussion of the floppy drive
problems in XP at:
http://tinyurl.com/llkb
Personally, I think MS did this to push along the extinction of floppies,
just as they are edging parallel printers out by not supporting that port
well, either. Just my opinions.
Val
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