"Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The BIOS displays it as Drive A, 3.5" 1.44 Mb floppy. I tried booting to
> the Win 98 startup disk, but it just bypassed it comletely. If I try to
> access it the LED lights up and it tries to spin, but just goes uh, uh, uh
> like a car with a weak battery. Device manager says the floppy controller
> is working, both in Windows and in safe mode.
Does the floppy seek at all during POST or boot?
If not, then this might be your problem. I had a system once where Windows
didn't properly detect the floppy drive unless the "Seek floppy drive at boot"
option was turned on in the CMOS settings.
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