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windows XP does not recognise floppy drive
I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer.
Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. |
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"TCMa" wrote in message om... I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. Have you tried booting off the floppy? Just to check whether it's a hardware/BIOS -problem or a WinXP-problem. |
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"TCMa" wrote in message om... I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. Tried reversing cable connectors? HTH & good luck, sdlomi |
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"TCMa" wrote in message
om... I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. is it enabled in the bios, since you added it afterwards ? |
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Turn the cable around. Sometimes peple orient the cable to match a tab cutout
and this can end you up reveresed. If the cable is plugged in backwards no damage will result but the drive will not be seen at posting. --Nat |
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"AxeClinton" wrote in message = ... Turn the cable around. Sometimes peple orient the cable to match a tab = cutout and this can end you up reveresed. If the cable is plugged in = backwards no damage will result but the drive will not be seen at posting. =20 --Nat Most of the time the light on the floppy drive will stay on if it is = plugged in backwards |
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I have the same problem, but with Windows 2000 on the same motherboard.
After installing an upgrade/servicepack, the floppy drive can't read/write anymore, just grinds away. Re-installing the floppy disk drivers from Microsoft's website didn't help. Windows 2000 servicepack 4 also seems to corrupt the ATI All In Wonder TV installation. TV can't scan anymore, re-installing the ATI drivers didn't solve the problem. Anyone else experienced similar problems? Walter. "TCMa" wrote in message om... I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 27/10/2003 |
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TCMa wrote:
I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. a.) make sure that the floppy drive is enabled in the bios and that you have selected the correct drive type (e.g. 3.5"/1.44MB) there. b.) make sure that the cable is plugged in the correct way. If you turn on the computer and the drive light stays on permanently, that is a sure sign that the cable is plugged in the wrong way. Also, re-check the power cable for the drive (e.g. that you have not missed a pin when plugging it in). Apart from that, there is not much you can do wrong when adding a floppy drive. |
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But Windows XP can apparently do a lot wrong with a healthy floppy drive.
There are many many unexplained floppy failures in Windows XP. Some people replaced Windows XP's floppy driver and reported success after doing that. I'm sure that you will find many stories doing a Google search. -- Eric P. van Westendorp Tel: +31(0252)210579 Reigerslaan 22 2215NN Voorhout Netherlands Jens Baumann wrote: Apart from that, there is not much you can do wrong when adding a floppy drive. |
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Try looking on this site http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm
They have lots of stuff on XP WINDOWS and most hardware manufactures are looking to do away with floppy drives anyway. This is stupid, since floppy's are cheap enough to give to someone. USB drives are not. "Egil Solberg" wrote in message ... "TCMa" wrote in message om... I installed windows XP SP1 successfully to my computer. Then I add a working (good) floppy drive and connect the floppy drive cable to the the A7N8X-Deluxe motherboard. After rebooting, windows XP does not recognize the new floppy drive. i.e. Windows Explorer does not display it. Please help. Thanks. Have you tried booting off the floppy? Just to check whether it's a hardware/BIOS -problem or a WinXP-problem. |
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