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I have a floppy, but it's Drive B.

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Name: oyster
Date: March 30, 2008 at 10:25:42 Pacific
OS: Win2K SP4
CPU/Ram: core 2 duo, 2G
Product: self
Comment:

In a newly installed Win2K SP4 system, I have no floppy drive. When I found I needed one, I got a NEC USB drive. However, when I mount it, it appears as Drive B rather than A. Thus I can't use it for disk imagers, for example, which expect a floppy in Drive A. Drive A is a ghost in my system; it's always listed, tho nonexistant. How do I bring up the NEC as Drive A?

Oyster



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Response Number 1
Name: Bakers
Date: March 30, 2008 at 10:39:21 Pacific
Reply:

Disable the floppy in BIOS


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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 31, 2008 at 01:11:37 Pacific
Reply:

Try Bakers' idea.

[Not obvious why there's a letter A assign with no FDD.]

If no joy, try SUBST.


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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

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Response Number 3
Name: oyster
Date: March 31, 2008 at 08:09:09 Pacific
Reply:

I just disabled "floppy disk drive" in Device Manager. The USB drive now reports in as Drive A. What's SUBST?
Regards,
O.

Oyster


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Response Number 4
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 31, 2008 at 23:57:50 Pacific
Reply:

subst /?


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