Re: Floppy Disk Drive
Robert Baer wrote:
| DaffyD® wrote:
|
|> If all requests need to be cleared thru Dana Perino, I'm switching
|> to an IMac!
|>
|> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
|> news:O$QeYiDRIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
|>
|>>PCR wrote:
|>>
|>>>DaffyD® wrote:
|>>>
|>>>>I posted a question in the win98disks.general newsgroup about it
|>>>>being an appropriate forum to address floppy disk drive issues.
|>>>>Since the last post for that group was 12/6, I'd like to ask it
|>>>>here since this is a more active ng.
|>>>>
|>>>>I run Win 98SE, but the problem I have is with the installation of
|>>>>the drive itself. I've posted the issue in other ngs but have never
|>>>>gotten an answer which solved the problem. I've also googled for an
|>>>>answer but came up with nada. Is this an issue I could post here?
|>>>
|>>>The penalty for posting it is a hit on the head with two bottles of
|>>>beer. But Brian A. has grabbed them all away!
|>>
|>>You can't post it here unless you first clear it with Dana Parino.
|>
|> Then
|>
|>>we'll know it's a "valid" request (cough).
|>>
|>>
|>
|>
|>
| I am unable to see previous posts, so have no idea as to the
| "problem".
Nobody knows what the problem is but DaffyD®-- & he still refuses to
say!
| Firstly, the "A" floppy is connected at the far end of
| the cable,
| after the twist (no, not Chubby Checkers).
| There are two ways it can be connected, and unlike IDE drives,
| there is *no* standard as to where pin one is on the FD wrt the power
| connector. The design makes it impossible to damage either the
| drive or the FDC (or equivalent).
Well, I have a friend who one day (adding a 2nd one) forced at least one
hard drive data cable in upsidedown! He defeated the purpose of the
raised notch meant to prevent that! The machine certainly wouldn't boot,
but I was amazed to see all was well once I set the cable(s) right. I
forget the wording of the error message, though.
| So, assuming one makes a full and firm connection, plugging it in
| "wrong" will result in that the activity light will be on and the FD
| motor will run continuously (BIOS better not recognize the drive).
| If you see that, "flip" the cable and you will be in business -
| Ass-u-ME-ing that the FDC, the floppy and the cable are good.
| The BIOS will recognize the floppy; set the proper parmeters (drive
| type and density), and go thru the BIOS to see that it is enabled.
| I always set my computers for boot seek in this order: Floppy, CD,
| IDEzero.
| That way you can always boot to DOS if all else goes bad.
| And one can do a heck of a lot of PM diagnostics in DOS.
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
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