Michael, This may be too easy, but did you check to make sure that the drives were properly configured in the BIOS? Drive A as 3.5" - 1.44M Drive B as 5.25" - 1.2M Then make sure to change the boot sequence in the BIOS from 'C: A:' to 'A: C:' . This will hopefully take care of it! Tim Klymkow -----Original Message----- From: michael <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 04:56 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] won't boot from floppy >here's a strange one for the list. > >1.44 3.5 floppy (a:) >1.2 5.25 floppy (b:) >i planned on replacing my c: drive with it and copy the contents of >c:(pretty much just tthe os and support files ) to it. > i mounted the drive, unplugged the maxtor's ribbon cable and plugged in >the new western digital drive. yes i set the slave jumper. >i rebooted to the bios setup. >amibios auto configured the new drive. >i dig out my trusty emergency boot disk to format the new drive and lo >and behold, my machine boots from c:. >i reboot about 20 times with the same result, box won't boot from a:. >ok i figure, disk is corrupted(been a while since i used it) >machine boots to win95 i open explorer, disk is fine. > i make another boot disk. >same result. >2 hours later i realize that a: drive is not being recognized at >startup. i think to myself ok 3.5 crapped on me. i switch cables on >floppies make 5.25 a: and pat myself on the back. >2.5 hours later i put the whole thing back to it's original config and >write this plea for help!! > >any clues as to why i can't boot from floppy? >tried EVERYTHING . >strange thing is that win95 sees both floppies after it loads up,but >not before. > >michael galante