XP not seeing disk in floppy drive

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have a custom built computer. i have tried three floppy
drives now and cant get XP pro to see the disk in the
drive. it shows the drive in my computer and explorer .
but when i put in a disk is asks me to put a disk in.
from the command promt it says drive not ready. any ideas?

 

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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:17:08 -0700, "siburmax"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> have a custom built computer. i have tried three floppy
>drives now and cant get XP pro to see the disk in the
>drive. it shows the drive in my computer and explorer .
>but when i put in a disk is asks me to put a disk in.
>from the command promt it says drive not ready. any ideas?

Install sp1.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.

 

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LOL, installing SP1 does not fix everything. Make sure that you have
the cable on the back of the floppy drive set correctly. It is possible
to connect it upside-down and it will show properly, just not work at all.

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Nathan McNulty


Trent© wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:17:08 -0700, "siburmax"
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>>have a custom built computer. i have tried three floppy
>>drives now and cant get XP pro to see the disk in the
>>drive. it shows the drive in my computer and explorer .
>>but when i put in a disk is asks me to put a disk in.
>
>>from the command promt it says drive not ready. any ideas?
>
> Install sp1.
>
>
> Have a nice week...
>
> Trent
>
> What do you call a smart blonde?
> A golden retriever.