Floppy Drive

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Hi,

I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I
have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using
either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows
Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert
a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This
also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying
anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows
XP.
Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.?

Any ideas, please?

John Z
 
Hi Again,

New observation...
I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I booted
with Windows 98 SE.
It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware problem.
It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the
drive infrequently...

John
 
Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the
[c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or
compressed.
I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then
running
sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk))
 
Thank you Frank, not much I can add to that.
Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the
[c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or
compressed.
I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then
running
sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk))

Hi Again,

New observation...
I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I
booted
with Windows 98 SE.
It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware
problem.
It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the
drive infrequently...

John
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As it finally turned out, it was an intermittent FD cable.
Thanks for the hints, now I know how to run sfc (didn't know about the
params).

John


Frank said:
Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the
[c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or
compressed.
I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then
running
sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk))

John said:
Hi Again,

New observation...
I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I
booted
with Windows 98 SE.
It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware
problem.
It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the
drive infrequently...

John
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