Usually I've found that any drive light always being on is a reversed data
cable connection, but you have already checked that. Does the BIOS correctly
show the drive? This will indicate if the problem is related to the
operating system or to hardware (drive,cable,motherboard or BIOS). If the
problem seems to be hardware related, I would first change out the data
cable in case it is defective and then I would change out the drive in case
it is defective. It is unlikely the BIOS and/or motherboard is/are defective
only as related to the floppy drive

If problem is in the OS, you can use Tweak UI (free) from Microsoft under my
computer/drives to see if the A drive is active and recognized (no question
mark). If the problem seems to be in the OS you can try restoring the
settings to a time before the trouble began. Beyond that, other members may
have suggestions short of reinstalling the OS.

I hope this helps you.

Tom Mayer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Kaplan" <[log in to unmask]>


My floppy disk drive (A) and floppy disk controller,when looking under
device manager,are indicated as working properly. I'm running XP
Pro/SP2.Under "Standard floppy disk controller properties,it says the floppy
controller location is on "SIS PCI to ISA bridge". Driver date is 7/1/2001,
version 5.1.2600.2180. When I clicked on "Update Driver",the result was that
there was no driver to update to, i.e.,apparently the driver is OK. Under
Disk Drives on -Device Manager- it only lists IOMEGA ZIP100(B:) & ST3160023A
(C:,my hard drive).  Shouldn't floppy A: be listed also? Two more things: I
checked the connections, and they are OK--including that the strap
connection is not backwards; and, the light  on the floppy is ALWAYS on,
which obviously is not right. Any idea on how I can troubleshoot this? The
"Troubleshoot..." button under the floppy drive and the controller did not
help. Thanks very much.

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