Re: Floppy Drive Troubles - Can't Format, etc...


Tim Bostonia wrote:

XP Home Edition... SP 2... all patches/updates applied...

I'm not able to read from or copy files to a formatted diskette and when I attempt formatting a floppy disk I get the following error:

A:\ is not accessible... no id address mark was found on the floppy disk

I've searched the knowledge base... tried several different diskettes... checked the BIOS settings... removed the device and let windows detect new hardware... turned off antivirus and spyware protection... tried it all in safe mode...

There really doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the hardware... anyone got any ideas on what's blocking the device ??

Please help... and thanks... t



Floppy diskette drives are among some of the most unreliable
pieces of hardware. The first thing one should attempt is to
gently blow out the interior of the FDD. If the FDD is not
restored, then replace. They are very inexpensive.

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