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Floppy doesn't see disc

by wasnot Sep 3, 2004 1:50AM PDT

My computer recognizes the existance of a floppy drive but doesn't see the inserted discs. When I insert a disc and click the drive, it say's "please insert a disc in drive A." I've tried other floppy drives and get the same result. So it's not the fault of the drive. Any ideas? XP Pro machine.

Thanks

Eric

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Re: Floppy doesn't see disc

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 3, 2004 1:52AM PDT

Boot a dos diskette, then put the diskette in and type DIR and press enter. What happens?

Bob

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Re: Floppy doesn't see disc

by wasnot Sep 3, 2004 2:20AM PDT

In command prompt, it says,"the device is not ready"

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Re: Floppy doesn't see disc

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 3, 2004 2:42AM PDT

What version of DOS did you boot?

Bob

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Re: Floppy doesn't see disc

by larrybell Sep 3, 2004 2:57AM PDT

Sounds like it could be a bad floppy cable.

If you built the machine yourself, maybe you have a bad floppy cable. The computer may be able to see the drive, but the wire(s) to detect the disc may be broken and not letting the computer sense the disc.

Try another floppy cable and see what happens. Also, maybe the cable connections are loose? Make sure both ends are fully seated.

But if I understand correctly, the particular disc reads the same way in another drive. Could the disc now be bad, or have been exposed to some magnetic fields that would have erased 'unformatted' it?

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