Go the Lavalys site
www.lavalys.com and download the EVEREST
program. It will tell you the exact make and model of the
motherboard. Most likely, you need to download and install
the correct motherboard drivers.
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| thanks for that. i havent changed anything with the floppy
drive. the only
| thing i can think that might have done soemthing to it is
that my comp
| crashed last month and i had to reinstall xp. could this
be why my floppy
| drive is in device manager and not my computer?
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > Normally. floppy controllers are part of the motherboard
as
| > well as two IDE controllers and three or more PCI slots
for
| > add-in cards. It is possible that you have a computer
with
| > a PCI card that adds more IDE and floppy controllers,
| > perhaps a RAID option.
| >
| > You can download a free program called EVEREST from
| >
www.lavalys.com that will scan your computer and report
the
| > hardware configuration.
| >
| > You can use Device Manager to remove the floppy
controllers
| > and drives and then redetect hardware changes.
Rebooting
| > will begin the detection or you can use device manager.
| >
| >
| > Make sure the floppy controller connected to the drive
is
| > enabled in the BIOS and that the cable and power wire is
| > securely connected.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "viggoswench" <
[email protected]>
wrote
| > in message
| >
| > | pleae help me!!! my floppy disk drive does not appear
in
| > my computer. in
| > | device manager its there as standard floppy drive and
its
| > on a pci bus, which
| > | i dont know what this is or how it got there. i have
tried
| > reinstalling the
| > | pci driver but it wont let me. please help me get my
| > floppy drive back!!
| > | thanks.
| > | i have windows xp home.
| >
| >
| >
