Well,

I figured it out.

Apparently, there is a set of ghost drivers installed by HP whenever
installing peripheral devices such as CD-Writers and Scanners. The same
thing apparently happens with some Sony devices.

There are three files listed in Devices in the Control Panel:

a. etaptad...
b. ShuttleServer
c. ewtnt...

These file overwrite the DMA settings somehow and kill the link to the
floppy drive. If you disable these devices, everything works great!

I have a more technical description that I'll post later.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
 Behalf Of Eric Maquiling
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 1:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] THNKPAD 57P PARALLEL PORT KILLS
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 06:30:43PM -0400, the esteemed Guido S.
> Piraino wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Whenever software is installed that utilizes the parallel port,
> the floppy
> > drive no longer reads floppies within the operating system.
>
> By any chance, are you running any sort of anti-virus software?  I've
> seen flackyness with certain Antivirus software and floppy drive
> problems on NT.
>
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