1. If devices are recognized as attached peripherals they will be listed as resident on the "System Configuration Summary" (BIOS Startup Screen) at boot. Press the Pause key so it can be stopped and read. If the CMOS/BIOS does not recognize and display peripheral information, Windows certainly will not.

2. Remove the entry for the floppy drive in Device Manager.

3. Start the System Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run, type regedit, and then press Enter.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\FLOP

Note: Click the Plus box in front of this line to expand it, and continue clicking/expanding appropriate folders (each word preceded by a backslash) until reaching the last item, "FLOP". Click it to bold/highlight.

4. Press the Del key on the keypad and respond positively.

5. Click Registry in the Menu bar and select Exit, or simply click the x in the URHC of the window to close the Registry Editor tool.

6. Restart Windows and ensure that the floppy is recognized in both the Configuration Summary and Device Manager.