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Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
John

Check the cables. Does it appear in Windows Device Manager? If so, and
it's still not working. Remove it and let Windows redetect.
Still not working? > Get a new one, if you must have one.

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:45:33 -0500, "J & C Houghton"
<> wrote:

>Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
>Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
>Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
>a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
>John
>

"J & C Houghton" <> wrote:

>Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
>Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
>Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
>a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
>John
>

Boot into Windows.

Put a diskette that you know is good and which has some files on it
into the drive.

Open Windows Explorer and try to access the contents of drive A:

What happens?


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

J & C Houghton wrote:

> Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
> Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
> Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
> a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice

Could be the controller or the cable or the unit itself....

But, just to be dumb as a stump a sec, is a floppy really that important
for you now?

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Before you replace your floppy drive you could get a cleaning kit which
consists of a disk and cleaner and try cleaning it. If it isn't too far
gone that might work.
"J & C Houghton" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
> Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
> Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
> a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
> John
>
>

Thanks to all for your input..Looks like floppy drive
card has died.
John
"Professor" <> wrote in message
news:buhd15$7hpe$...
> Before you replace your floppy drive you could get a cleaning kit which
> consists of a disk and cleaner and try cleaning it. If it isn't too far
> gone that might work.
> "J & C Houghton" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
> > Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
> > Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
> > a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
> > John
> >
> >
>
>

J & C Houghton <> wrote in message
news:...
> Comp. wont boot to A floppy...boot ok to c & cdrom.
> Checked bios & boot sequence is correct..Using
> Amd Athlon-PeCM 900 mhz, 30gb drive. Do I have
> a bad floppydisk drive? TIA for advice
> John
>
It's pretty rare that a floppy drive packs up like this, so if you do need a
new one, rather than spend money, keep an eye open for PCs thrown out in the
street.

I replaced my floppy drive with one from an old PC thrown out at work. It's
lasted longer than the original one so far. It's just a straight replace.
The generic driver works for all makes.

Nemo