Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
floppy not working in win98
Name: Mike Date: February 24, 2001 at 15:48:39 Pacific
Comment:
My floppy disc drive does not work in win98.Although it can be booted from and works in safe-mode.I've replaced the drive with another that I know works and installed new ribbon cable ,yet it still does not work. In "My Computer" after starting,the "A" drive is not there for a couple of seconds and then appears. There are no conflicts in hardware profile.Is this a software gliche or bios-setting?
Name: dan Date: February 24, 2001 at 16:15:45 Pacific
Reply:
in safe mode...go to control panel...highlight and remove generic NEC floppy...boot back to Win98
0
Response Number 2
Name: Mike Date: February 24, 2001 at 16:40:51 Pacific
Reply:
I tried the above idea and it still doesn't work. Although this time I can hear the disk that I'm trying to read spinning but, no light comes on.Is there any settings in the bios that may be checked on? Again, when I first enter " My Computer" the floppy Icon takes a few seconds to appear. Just thought of something, when this first happened I was trying to install a gravis game pad and plugged it into my PC and tried to read install disks. Could this have any bearing on the problem?
0
Response Number 3
Name: Mike Date: February 27, 2001 at 16:08:52 Pacific
Reply:
open my computer then right click in 3.5 floppy and see if it is listed as disable in this hardware profile if so remove the check mark and reboot.
Summary: Hello! My net card with chip Realtek8029 did not work in win98, but work fine in win95 (i did not see other computer). If you know what to do PLEASE help me! Thank you!...
Summary: I use some DOS file utils associated with Norton Commander, ALTVIEW and AVIEW, for viewing various file types and compressed files. These programs worked fine in Win95 in a DOS box as well as in MSDO...
0 
