Thanks for the responses to my disappearing floppy. It's always so hard for me to believe that a floppy cable
can go bad... but it seems that was the problem since I now happily have my a: drive back!!
I suspect that I originally thought I removed A drive when it was acting up and reinstalled it. However, I
bet that I hadn't really removed the A drive (but deleted the visible reference to it) and thus, when
reinstalled, it became my F drive.
This list really helps because sometimes a person gets too close to the problem that they can't see clearly.
I appreciate everyone's support!
Thanks,
Rosie Richter
Rick Glazier wrote:
> Sorry, I was "looking" for different answers...
> You have the "classic" symptoms for a different hardware problem
> (concerning "big" 100m+ floppy drives without OS or BIOS support...)
>
> First the simple stuff... A properly operating "plain" floppy drive,
> when set in the BIOS correctly, and put in the proper position
> on a "good" floppy cable should "just" work... It is provided system
> services at a very basic level. (This list has had "floppy flu" lately...)
> At this level, you should be able to boot with *a plain* "boot" floppy,
> (at least to some version of a DOS "A" prompt or "something"),
> just to see it the floppy drive is functional. Just don't use a "restore"
> floppy, AND If the boot floppy is not for this machine, or is from a
> different version of operating system, I would shut down RIGHT AFTER
> a successful boot. Disclaimer:
> Do not run ANY commands from a boot floppy not made for your machine!!!.
> The "wrong" commands will do serious damage to your files.
> Depending what is "around" where you are, I would try to substitute
> different parts (the drive and cable), if that can be done "on the cheap"...
> It would be the best and easiest. Test yours AND theirs...
> All of the above should "get you in the ballpark."
> If not, someone might have to take a look at it.
> Rick Glazier
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rosie Richter <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Disappearing floppy drive
>
> > I have Windows 95 (1st version)
> > I have a plain floppy drive (1.4) on a floppy cable. I added a 5 1/4 to see what would happen. Now the
> > 5 1/4 shows up as Drive F and as a 3 1/2 floppy. The real 3 1/2 doesn't show up at all under System
> > in Control Panel. I changed the bios to show that the A: drive is a 3 1/2 and B: is 5 1/4.
> > I'm ready for more questons. <g>
> > Rosie Richter
>
> > Rick Glazier wrote:
> > > Several questions pop into mind.
>
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