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Floppy Disc Failures

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After a recent SP2 install, I have lost floppy functionality. Hardware Manager says all is OK but I cannot read any floppy. I get a message that "The drive in disc A is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" If I say yes, the format operation fails: "Windows was unable to complete the format." The drive lite comes on with each attempted operation. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both floppy controller and drive drivers. Does anyone have any suggestions? Ken

Name: Badboy
Date: October 30, 2006 at 12:49:58 Pacific

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Check the cable for the FDD.

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Name: per
Date: October 30, 2006 at 13:46:15 Pacific

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I would replace the drive. $10-$15.

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Name: per
Date: October 30, 2006 at 13:47:44 Pacific

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Also run sfc /scannow from the run menu. You will need the xp cd.

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