Subj : Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:58:54 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 57 Message-ID: <3aim0d9uhvm69b4kvfn04blmrs1vc1j0gs@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134534 On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:39:54 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote: >On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:27:43 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote: > >>I'm not used to having a floppy drive on an XP machine. >>I plugged in a NEW floppy drive, which I just got in the mail. I used >>that twist cable which I mentioned. (twist on drive end), and connected >>the power cable. Everything is plugged in properly. >> >>I am not seeing the A: drive in My Computer. >> >>I am not sure where else it should show up. >> >>I confirmed this drive works by plugging it into the existing cables >>connected to the internal floppy drive and it works fine. I read, wrote >>and formatted a floppy. >> >>In XP, I went to control panel, hardware, and I can see the floppy >>listed. It says it's working fine. >> >>I went to the command line, and typed A: >>It says "Invalid drive specification". >> >>The only thing I can think is that maybe that cable is defective??? >> > >5 wire twist or 7 wire twist? SEVEN (why do they make two different types?) The one which works on my Win98 puter is also SEVEN. >Do you have the power cable plugged it? Yes >Did you boot the machine? Yes, several times >Does it spin on the boot? No Just for the heck of it, I booted a linux flash drive. I dont see A: or B: in there either. However, I am now wondering if it could be possible that something in the bios needs to be changed? I know I have it set to boot from a flash drive FIRST, then the HDD, and lastly the CD player. But since this computer has never had a floppy drive, maybe there is some bios setting to change????? I would have looked already, but I cant remember what key to hit to get into the bios. Its a homemade computer so looking that up may be tricky. I think I need to start putting labels on every computer saying what key needs to be pressed to go to the bios. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .