Try booting from a floppy to eliminate Window 95 problem possibility. If you can't boot from a floppy, it wouldn't be a windows problem and would point to a hardware problem. Doug At 10/25/00 01:02 AM, Dr. Dean Kukral wrote: >It could be the controller, but I would first make sure that the cable is >seated. Take it out and reseat it - this may help if the contact has >become bad. If you can borrow another cable, you could try it, too. > >Dean Kukral [log in to unmask] >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Loy" <[log in to unmask]> > > I have two floppy drives on my computer. Drive A is a 3.5" > > floppy drive. Drive B is 5.25" high density floppy. Neither > > one will format a disk. The format routine for both drives > > aborts with the error message that sector 0 is bad. I've > > tried numerous disks, some new out of the box, in both drives > > and they always display the same error. > > > > Likewise, neither drive will read a formatted disk. Both > > drives abort with the Not Ready Drive A or B message. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html