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XP wants floppy drivers
Name: s8n666 Date: November 14, 2002 at 17:10:03 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1.8Ghz/1.5GB
Comment:
I installed XP, and it keeps asking for the drivers for the IDE drive (my floppy). my floppy won't work, and i don't recall ever needing drivers for any floppy drive. besides, i have no clue who manufactured it. should i blow $15 and purchase another drive? that might not work. please help!!
Name: ryan Date: November 14, 2002 at 17:27:41 Pacific
Reply:
did you make sure that floopy cable is propertly attached? unhook the cable and plug it back in again. also check the cmos setting.
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Response Number 2
Name: wawadave Date: November 14, 2002 at 18:38:03 Pacific
Reply:
hello try going to device manager and look for problems a/o remove floppy from device manager and reboot. try running sisoftsandra and see if it fines the make of floppy it did on my machine.
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Response Number 3
Name: Sci-Guy Date: November 15, 2002 at 05:55:43 Pacific
Reply:
If the suggestions posted above don't resolve your problem, post back with the exact message you get when XP "keeps asking for the drivers for the IDE drive". There may be a clue in the message that will help to idenify the problem.
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