Re: Floppy Drive keeps the same data

From: Neil Shaw (neil_at_nshaw.co.uk)
Date: 09/14/04


Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:27:04 +0100

Fares wrote:
> Dear all,
> There is a problem with my windows 2000 computer:
> The problem is when inserting a new floppy disk, it seems
> to be that windows keeps the history of the contents of
> the floppy, i tried to insert another 5 floppies, the same
> contents appear on the screen.
> What can I do to open the floppies?
> Regards,
>

If they all have the same name, Win2K does seem to have "issues". Or at
least it used to with Zip disks when I was at uni. Try renaming them on
a different PC and see if that helps. I just used to use my username
with an incrementing digit at the end on my Zip disks to ensure they
were uniquely named.



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