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.

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