sounds like both floppys went out on u ,i have a box full of floppys there
not real reliable and lucky for us out there there not that much eather
www.pricewatch.com find a good deal and replace both i keep a couple laying
around just for that reason. jerry the fatboy crider

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:13 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] floppy quit reading


> Hello nospin group,
> I have a gateway pentium 90 with intel 586 pci motherboard. The
> panasonic floppy quit reading suddenly. In device manager says it
> is working properly.
>
> Also have a Dell Dimension 4400 with home XP so thought I could
> switch drives and see if it might be a cable. Put the floppy from the
> Dell into the gateway and it was the same. Put the drive from the
> gateway into the Dell and XP wanted to format the disk then after
> clicking on format it said it could not format it.
>
> Put the Dell floppy back into the Dell and now it does not read a
> disk. The plugs on the Dell can only go one way. The ribbon on the
> gateway could be install wrong.
>
> Now I have two floppy drives that do not work.
> Help Please  what is happening??
> Thank you
>
> Art Allen
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