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johnfulford
09-29-2003, 10:55 AM
everytime i insert a floppy the previous floppy info is written onto it.
Example--I saved 3 documents onto a floppy and removed the floppy. I inserted a second floppy with known info on it, let's say 5 documents. When I open it the 5 documents are gone and are replaced by the previous 3 documents. The 3 documents will stay in place until formatted.

virus is up to date and scanned daily. running xp

bailey
09-29-2003, 11:36 AM
that can be caused by a bad floppy controller

johnfulford
09-30-2003, 01:46 AM
i looked into it and it makes sense. info kept in cache is thinking it has not written to the disk as the the drive is faulty