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floppy drive recognition
Name: Bruce Date: October 3, 2003 at 17:06:50 Pacific OS: windows xp pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.0ghz, 768mg ram
Comment:
When I put a floppy into drive A, and go to My Computer to open it, the hourglass comes on for about 1-2 minutes, and then it says that I need to put a disk in drive A. Sometimes it says that My Computer is not responding. The Device Manager says that the drive is working properly. I rechecked the bios settings vs the motherboard manual and everything is correct. I don't know what to do next. The same identical thing is happening on my other computer with the same OS, P4 processor, 384mg ram.
Name: RobbieDickon Date: October 3, 2003 at 17:12:11 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like the cable ribbons are not installed correctly.
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Response Number 2
Name: stretch Date: October 3, 2003 at 19:52:39 Pacific
Reply:
Where did this floppy drive come from. Is it new, or have you taken it out of an old computer. Have you ever had it working?
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Response Number 3
Name: dorian Date: October 4, 2003 at 14:41:30 Pacific
Reply:
hey the same thing happends to me ,just as you. and i did everithing you did, i really don't know what is the problem. qhen i unpluggetthe cables from the floppy and the hard drive just to clean the dust, and i put it again as it was, and then when i turn it on again it apeared in the screen this: floppy disk(s) fail(40)..... and then to start i have to press F1, but i cant read floppy discs
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Name: Bruce
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