Re: Floppy Drive and XP

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:58:48 +1000

XP demands that floppies be formatted correctly. 98 doesn't care (but does its own correctly) as 98 doesn't trust anything and always works out independently the information stored on disk while XP trusts the disk information the disk is reporting.

If you have problems between XP and 98 then the floppy alignment is off on one or both. 

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.uscricket.com
"BP" <replytoall@dufus.net> wrote in message news:QJKdnc678bwS9O_cRVn-tA@conversent.net...
> It seems that our masters at Microsoft have decreed the floppy disk
> obsolete. So full backward compatibility for floppies was not built into XP.
> I have found that if I format the floppies on my old Win98 puter they will
> work fine on both platforms, but not reliably if they are formatted in XP.
> The floppy disk is a common computer peripheral that many people still
> utilize. An operating system that cannot properly use such a common device
> is defective, IMHO.
> 
> "DieterKlausen" <DieterKlausen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66A9076E-724B-4BD2-9567-CD5A4F2B6DD6@microsoft.com...
>> I have reading alot of the questions and replies regarding floppy drives
> and
>> xp and thus far I am still confused.  I have gone to the recommened sites
> and
>> articles but there is still no resolution.  The floppy drives are not
>> defective and they use to run in xp pro but they just sit there basking in
>> the warm air blowing on them from the fans.  I have tried to update the
>> drivers blah, blah, blah but I am told the devices are working properly.
> Do
>> I need to download files from the motherboard manufacturer?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> DieterKlausen
> 
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: raw file system ?
    ... I tried to prepare a new floppy to be the desination disk, ... My floppy A drive cannot format a brand new ... Many computers no longer include floppy drives these days. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Find Info>File Size Discrepancies
    ... I understand that you are using floppies because of hardware failure ... If you SAVE to a floppy, Word always has two copies at the save ... If you have fast saves OFF, there are two copies on the disk during the ... If you have Always make backup on, there are two copies on the disk: ...
    (microsoft.public.mac.office.word)
  • Re: Copying C68 on to QL floppies
    ... Having recently aquired a QL I'm attempting to copy the C68 compiler ... from the zip archive on to the floppy. ... Is there a way to unzip the files directly on to a QL format floppy? ... These are 0 byte filenames used as "index tabs" in the directory of a disk ie. ...
    (comp.sys.sinclair)
  • Re: raw file system ?
    ... You could try formatting a floppy from a DOS boot disk. ... I tried on a few blank floppies and result is still the same. ... floppy A drive cannot format a brand new floppy. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: 5.2 Help
    ... >> floppies that were preformatted from the vendor. ... >> You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to download. ... >> imperative that these disks are free from defects. ... The format utility in Windows will not tell about the presence ...
    (freebsd-questions)