PCMech Forums - View Single Post

eddie_fb · 03-18-2001, 09:51 AM

PLEASE HELP!
I have just gone to use my 3.5" Floppy for the first time for a long time, and it just says A: drive is not accessible. I have adjusted BIOS to seek for floppy on boot up and it says Floppy error (40). Yet when I remove the floppy drive, and corresponding controller from the device manager list, Windows can identify I have new hardware on boot up, and apparently installs it all correctly again. It just won't let me use it!!!! I have opened the PC up and all the cables are situated fine, and the disk has worked ok before, but I need the 3.5" disk to install a new USB mouse, and it's driving me mad!!!!!!!

ANY help would be appreciated, THANKS!!!!!

P.S.
AMD K6/2 400mhz
192mb PC100 SDRAM
C/LABS Geforce2 MX 32mb RAM
Diamond Supraexpress Pro 56e Ext. Modem.

03-18-2001, 09:51 AM	#1
eddie_fb Member (5 bit) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 24	PLEASE HELP! I have just gone to use my 3.5" Floppy for the first time for a long time, and it just says A: drive is not accessible. I have adjusted BIOS to seek for floppy on boot up and it says Floppy error (40). Yet when I remove the floppy drive, and corresponding controller from the device manager list, Windows can identify I have new hardware on boot up, and apparently installs it all correctly again. It just won't let me use it!!!! I have opened the PC up and all the cables are situated fine, and the disk has worked ok before, but I need the 3.5" disk to install a new USB mouse, and it's driving me mad!!!!!!! ANY help would be appreciated, THANKS!!!!! P.S. AMD K6/2 400mhz 192mb PC100 SDRAM C/LABS Geforce2 MX 32mb RAM Diamond Supraexpress Pro 56e Ext. Modem.