Re: Odd floppy drive behavior
From: Stephen Harris (stephen.p.harris_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 08/07/04
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Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:12:54 GMT
"Stephen Harris" <stephen.p.harris@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Stephen Harris" <stephen.p.harris@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> > I downloaded a small file and saved it directly to the floppy drive
> > and later removed the floppy.
> >
> > Later, I decided to download a larger file... Uusually there is a
> > dialogue about where you want to save the file.
> >
> > No such dialogue occurred. The floppy drive was buzzed
> > for at least 30 seconds before I cancelled the download
> > with Ctrl-Alt-Delete. This happened at different sites and
> > with different files. The buzzing even went into high gear.
> > By buzzing, I mean the green light comes on and the drive
> > is checked which typically produces a distinctive noise.
> > It seemed like the process was stuck on detecting the floppy.
> >
> > Finally, I reinserted a disk into the floppy which brought
> > up the download file dialogue. At first attempt, it would not
> > let me change the location of where the downloaded file
> > would be stored. The second time it allowed me normal
> > options of where to store the download file (disk inserted).
> >
> > I have win xp pro with sp1 and all the updates.
> > Does anyone else experience duplicate behavior?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stephen
> >
>
> I just tested it again and the same problem repeated.
> This time I fixed it less dramatically than ctrl-alt-delete;
> I just inserted a floppy. Then it came up with an error
> message somethink like "the disk in drive A is not formatted"
> This is the same disk I just downloaded a file to.
>
> So I responded no. Then I was presented the normal
> screen for choosing download locations. Moving on
> from choosing the default download location is broken
> when the previous file download location is the A: drive.
> The process gets stuck on the floppy drive. Again I
> have installed all the updates and sp1 for win xp pro.
> I ran ad-aware and spybot previous to this experiment
> and I have real-time updated defintions for virus protection.
> This is not that old-time win95 floppy random access problem.
>
> Another major annoyance is that one has to actually download
> a file to a different location in order to clear the floppy drive
> default overkill buzz (doesn't stop without intervention AFAIK).
> The problem does not extend to a different folder download
> choice on the C: drive, just the A: drive.
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
The problem is that there is no dialogue window which says
insert a disk in Drive A:
(this dialog window shows up on win98se and another win xp machine)
so that one can choose cancel, and then select another location
such as drive c: to download and save the file
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