David,

I have not seen this personally, but according to Michael Meyers A+
book, this is a sign of a bad floppy cable. I quote:

"The 34th wire on the floppy drive cable is called the drive change
signal. When a floppy drive is inserted or removed, this wire is active.
When Windows first reads a floppy drive, it keeps a copy of the
directory in RAM and will not update that information unless the floppy
drive detects a drive removal and activates the drive change signal.
This keeps the system from constantly rereading the very slow floppy
drive.... if the drive change signal disconnects because of a bent pin
or bad cable, you will keep seeing the same directory, even if you
change the diskette. This problem almost always traces back to a bad
floppy cable, so replace it and retry."

Elizabeth Boston

-----Original Message-----

> The first time each session that I use Windows Explorer to read a 
> floppy
everything goes fine.  However, when I insert a new floppy and try to
read it, it gives me the data from my old one.  F5 doesn't work either.
Only rebooting helps.  How can I solve the problem?
>
> Thank you.
> David Jonathan Justman.

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