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Carroll Grigsby <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:11:02 -0500
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Robert:
Have you checked that all of the power and data cables are seated and
oriented correctly? That's always been my downfall. If that isn't the
problem, check the BIOS settings to make sure that both floppies are
enabled. HTH.
Carroll Grigsby


Robert Flynn wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info, I did finally get the computer to see my 4.3gb hard drive.
> The computer doesn't have auto detect, its old 90mhz even has a 5 1/2 " floppy
> drive as well as 3 1/2". I am not going to use this computer for anything but
> to retrieve data on my old hard drive and copy it to the 3 1/2" floppy. The only
> problem now is that the 3 1/2" floppy is not working and it was before the 4.3gb
> drive was installed. I copied all the files I need to this computers hard drive
> and removed my 4.3gb drive with the hope that the floppy would work again but no
> luck, its still not working. Any suggestions? Thanks

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