Re: Drive B look like Drive A

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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:29:27 GMT, "Z.K." <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was wondering if there was a way to fool Windows XP into thinking that
Drive B is actually Drive A? I have a bad floppy drive so I am using
a USB floppy, but it is listed as Drive B and I need it to be A for a
driver program that came with my motherboard.

Z.K.

O K , being the other side of the pond , what`s the difference between
a floppy drive and a usb floppy ? ( is it an external floppy drive
that plugs into a usb port ? )
The OP means by floppy drive the one which connects to the floppy controller
on the motherboard.
The other one uses a USB port as a controller.

The OP can solve his problem by disconnecting the miscreant floppy drive.
I. E., unplug both the power
cable and the data cable. I would unplug the power cable just to avoid
wasting power.
Then, when the OP plugs a USB floppy into the computer, it will be listed as
the A drive.
Jim


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