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

Original Message

Name: oyster
Date: March 30, 2008 at 10:25:42 Pacific
Subject: I have a floppy, but it's Drive B.
OS: Win2K SP4
CPU/Ram: core 2 duo, 2G
Model/Manufacturer: 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
Subject: I have a floppy, but it's Drive B.

Reply: (edit)

Disable the floppy in BIOS

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Response Number 2

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 31, 2008 at 01:11:37 Pacific
Subject: I have a floppy, but it's Drive B.

Reply: (edit)

Try Bakers' idea.
[Not obvious why there's a letter A assign with no FDD.]
If no joy, try SUBST.

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Response Number 3

Name: oyster
Date: March 31, 2008 at 08:09:09 Pacific
Subject: I have a floppy, but it's Drive B.

Reply: (edit)

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

Reply: (edit)

subst /?

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