Re: 5.25 Floppy Disk Drive
From: KEITH (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:07:01 -0800
techforce, my hardware as is worked with WIn98. Both
floppies (3.5 & 5.25) both harddisk, etc...I'm about 48
hours from going back to Win98SE can calling it quits on
WinXp until Microsoft has let the world debug their
product at our expense. Keith
>-----Original Message-----
>Ok - is your 5.25 a 1.2MB Drive or a 360KB Drive?
>
>You say XP did detect it somewhat - so maybe the A/B
Swap in Bios is
>enabled, or the Cable you are using is
>Wired to only suit 1 Letter? Try another Cable maybe.
Usually the Floppy "A"
>is on the end, and the 5.25 Inch "B" takes the next spot
inward from
>there.....usually taking the Flat Edgecard type
connection, not the header
>type.
>Also, if you place a 1.2MB Disk in a 360K Drive, it will
ask to format it ,
>and vise versa.
>
>
>"Keith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>news:cb8701c4101d$31279470$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>| techforce, thanks, i've tried your suggestion and WinXp
>| still does not behave properly WRT my 5.25 floppy
drive.
>| Keith
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >Keith:
>| >
>| >Try disabling the Floppy in the BIOS in the Mobo, then
>| boot to XP. Check if
>| >the Drive Disappears. then Shut Down, reboot, but
alter
>| bios again to be the
>| >Correct Floppy. There is usually options for the
1.44 ,
>| 2.88, and 5.25 in
>| >there. XP may just need to start over.
>| >
>| >
>| >"Keith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>| message
>| >news:1106b01c40faf$969be8b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>| >| Nick, Yes. I have a MS Fortran compiler that is on
5.25
>| >| floppy that I need to load. Nick, in fact relics
abound
>| >| in the world of computers. Nick, you might be
suprised
>| >| that all the modern programming languages have at
least
>| >| one thing in common...machine language. Without this
>| >| relic there is no software to push around the
hardware.
>| >| Keith
>| >| >-----Original Message-----
>| >| >what is a 5.25" floppy......some sort of relic from
>| the
>| >| past...
>| >| >
>| >| >
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