RE: Still receiving an I/O device error.

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From: Denis Wong _at_ Hong Kong (_at_)
Date: 01/10/05


Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:01:01 -0800

Most likely this is a hardware problem and you should clean your floppy drive
regularly.

br,
Denis

"MIKE2412" wrote:

> I tried taking out my 3.5 floppy and try the same type from my friends
> computer, which is the same model, and it still I receive the same error.
>
> I am trying to use my 3.5 floppy on my IBM 390E laptop, and an error comes up
> saying . "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
> I recently installed all the updates for my windows 2000, including service
> pack 4 and now this problem has arose. Can someone please help me with what
> I should do to fix this. When I click, my computer and then A drive it comes
> up ok, but when I put a disk in it seems like it is taking a long time to
> read and then the error comes up. I also tried different brands of disks
> thinkin that this migh have been the problem. If anyone could help this
> would be great because it is driving me nuts.



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