Yet Another Floppy Drive Problem

[Guest]

After updating my PC from Win 98SE to XP Pro my A drive won't read a floppy
disc. I've tried inserting different ones that used to work under 98, but now
the XP comes back with a message that I need to insert a disc in drive A. I
check with the BIOS and check in the device manager and delete it. Reboot the
machine and the same thing exist. In fact I went all the way back to
reinstalling Win98 and the drive works fine there. Any clues on what XP Pro
is looking for? Any help much appreciate it.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Check the ribbon cables are securely attached at each end. I had a similar
problem a week or so ago and discovered the cable had been slightly
dislodged from the motherboard after I changed a SoundBlaster Live for an
Audigy2 ZS card. I felt like an idiot but I got my floppy drive back!

 

[Grumble69]

Before the MS folks send you on a wild goose chase, do a google search
on 3-mode floppies and XP Pro. You'll see that tons of people are
having problems with floppy drives. It's a long outstanding issue
with no resolution for many of us.

On the plus side, floppy drives are very cheap. If I can find one
that's known to work under XP, I'm just going to buy it.