"Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The BIOS displays it as Drive A, 3.5" 1.44 Mb floppy. I tried booting to > the Win 98 startup disk, but it just bypassed it comletely. If I try to > access it the LED lights up and it tries to spin, but just goes uh, uh, uh > like a car with a weak battery. Device manager says the floppy controller > is working, both in Windows and in safe mode. Does the floppy seek at all during POST or boot? If not, then this might be your problem. I had a system once where Windows didn't properly detect the floppy drive unless the "Seek floppy drive at boot" option was turned on in the CMOS settings. -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 150 Baytech Drive San Jose, Ca. 95134 Voice: (408)586-6718 FAX: (408)586-4675 PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml