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Solve : floppy drive trouble with XP....? |
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Answer» Hi I sure hope someone can assist me with this minor prob I am having with my new PC running XP Home.... I have a floppy drive which is not working...... . It is not listed in 'my computer' but is listed in the device manager and status is 'working properly'..... :-/! I have checked the connectors are all in place & the only thing I haven't doen is check the BIOS to see if it is configured............(I have only done this in WME but XP looks a bit different...... :-?)! Would appreciate any help..... In the Device Manager, right-click on the drive, and select Update Drivers. (You must be connected to the Internet) See if that helps Is the led always on? I had same problem after replacing the robbon cable to a round cable. Cable can connect to device in either direction but only one is right. try flipping the cable, especially if the light is always on. :-?Hi.....no there is no light on the floppy drive. I also tried updateing the driving as was suggested but even though I was connected to the net i get a mesage saying 'windows already has the best driver installed' :-? :-? :-?guyfawkes........ I would go into the bios and make sure the correct drive info is enabled ......... 1.44 floppy drive .... You may have missed it when you set up your bios initially. dl65 Has it ever worked?Hi! No the drive din't work when I got the PC a week ago......! Anyway, as suggested I braved the BIOS & it said floppy 'A' drive enabled :-? and also floppy 'B' drive not installed..............so I changed that and hey presto I now have 2 floppy drives - 'A' & 'B' :-?! (Neither of which existed b4...)! On start up Windows 'found new hardware' ! HOWEVER.......floppy drive 'B' works but if i click on the 'A' drive it asks for a disk to be inserted (even though there is one in already.....)! Is it worth disabling the 'A' drive now or leave them both now that at least I have a working drive! Another question is on this new PC I only have one DVD/CD drive.....If I remove the cCD copier from my old (KIDS) PC will I be able to copy my audio DISCS?? Thanks guysIf you have a DVD/CDRW combo drive you don't need to add anything, although it would be faster to have a a2 drive setup. What model drive is in there now? Most new PC's have combo drives.On my new PC I have a DVD RW.....a single unit. My old PC has the LG DVD and underneath a CD Copier :-?. I assume I cannot at present make copies without first copying to the hard drive? :-/That is correct *censored* it is not a problem or an effort with Nero or other burninig SOFTWARE. It just creates a temporary file, then you put in the blank CDR and it takes it from there. You can either automatically delete the3 file after burning or save it if you need to copy it again. I have machines with one and two drives. The result is the same. |
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