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Since: Jun 16, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:16 am
Post subject: Floppy not setting up in XP
Archived from groups: alt>comp>hardware (more info?)
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| for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the driver
and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not function
correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
around I get the same problwem,
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Since: Jul 13, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:00 am
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RedRider134 wrote:
> for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the driver
> and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not function
> correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
> around I get the same problwem,
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Check the obvious. Cable attached correctly? Power applied? Cable
and drive functional? CMOS set correctly with FDC enabled and correct
type of floppy selected?
You might also try booting to a DOS boot disk after setting up CMOS.
This will tell you a lot about your hardware. >> Stay informed about: Floppy not setting up in XP |
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Since: Jun 03, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:44 pm
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RedRider134 wrote:
> for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the
> driver and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may
> not function correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy
> I have sitting around I get the same problwem,
You have a 5¼" drive?! Why? You can't get the disks for it anymore! Haven't
been able to for years! If I were you I'd swap it for a 3½" - the media is
much more readily available.
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Since: Aug 27, 2004
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:44 pm
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
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> You have a 5¼" drive?! Why? You can't get the disks for it anymore!
Haven't
> been able to for years! If I were you I'd swap it for a 3½" - the media is
> much more readily available.
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Maybe he has some old software on 5.25" disks like I do. >> Stay informed about: Floppy not setting up in XP |
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Since: Jun 16, 2004
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:07 pm
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Its a 3 1/2, typo error, boots with Win98 Boot disk just find, so hardwar
deoesn't seem to be problem
"RedRider134" wrote in message
> for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the driver
> and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not function
> correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
> around I get the same problwem,
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Since: Aug 13, 2004
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:21 pm
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RedRider134 wrote:
> for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the driver
> and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not function
> correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
> around I get the same problwem,
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I bought a new floppy drive for my new computer because one was needed
to install the drivers for SATA during XP installation. I couldn't get
it to work (or another old one I had around). I don't know if it's the
quality of the drives or something to do with XP.
I gave up and came up with another (better) solution. I made a bootable
XP disk with the drivers incorporated into XP. These are the instructions:
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8892" target="_blank">http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8892</a>
It's great.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RedRider134 wrote:
> Its a 3 1/2, typo error, boots with Win98 Boot disk just find, so hardwar
> deoesn't seem to be problem
I am not sure what the above means, but I guess you are saying that the
A: drive is a 1.44, and the B: drive is a 1.2?? Just to let you know,
that a 1.2 MB floppy DOES work as B: drive, and is recognized under XP
Pro. I have seen it work.
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>>for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the driver
>>and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not function
>>correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
>>around I get the same problwem,
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Since: Jun 16, 2004
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:04 am
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Typo in my first post. There is 1 3 1/2 floppy, that in the hardware list
has a yeallow circle with exclamation in it. I can unintall it, reinstall it
and I get an error saying that the hardware may not work properly, driver
not loaded correctly??
Thanks
"Ken" wrote in message
> RedRider134 wrote:
> > Its a 3 1/2, typo error, boots with Win98 Boot disk just find, so
hardwar
> > deoesn't seem to be problem
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> I am not sure what the above means, but I guess you are saying that the
> A: drive is a 1.44, and the B: drive is a 1.2?? Just to let you know,
> that a 1.2 MB floppy DOES work as B: drive, and is recognized under XP
> Pro. I have seen it work.
> >
> >>for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling the
driver
> >>and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that hardware may not
function
> >>correctly, any reasons why? I have tried another floppy I have sitting
> >>around I get the same problwem,
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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Since: Mar 11, 2004
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:44 am
Post subject: Re: Floppy not setting up in XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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*** silly top-posting fixed ***
Ken wrote:
> RedRider134 wrote:
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>>> for the devices the A-5 1/4 drive is not seen, and uninstalling
>>> the driver and reinstalling it comes up with an error, that
>>> hardware may not function correctly, any reasons why? I have
>>> tried another floppy I have sitting around I get the same
>>> problwem,
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>> Its a 3 1/2, typo error, boots with Win98 Boot disk just find,
>> so hardwar deoesn't seem to be problem
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> I am not sure what the above means, but I guess you are saying
> that the A: drive is a 1.44, and the B: drive is a 1.2?? Just
> to let you know, that a 1.2 MB floppy DOES work as B: drive, and
> is recognized under XP Pro. I have seen it work.
Maybe he forgot to enable the second floppy in the bios.
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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