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Re: Floppy Drive Confusion
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Tom Turak <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:57:26 -0400
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Absent a second drive, a floppy will always be assigned both
letters A and B.  This allows the system to recognise two
different diskettes simultaneously, which it needs to do if it
is to copy files from one to the other without using a hard disk
as temporary storage.
Tom Turak

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From:Eric Wertman
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:51 AM

I just assembled a system, and for some reason the floppy drive reports
to both a: and b:. Anyone have any idea why this is? I don't have a
working hard drive in it yet, so I can only test with a boot floppy.
It's an Intel Seattle motherboard, PII, enlight case, nothing unusual.

Eric Wertman

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