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| Thread ID: 44558 | 2004-04-23 01:36:00 | A/ drive not picking up blank floppy? | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 231306 | 2004-04-23 01:36:00 | this is in the work comp. i want to save a file / pic to disk to then put onto a CD and post away, as my work computer is a read only CDplayer. not a writeable one i am forced to use the floppy and when i put a blank floppy in it . it either doesnt see it or ask for floppy id number ? or something? what can i do to get it to see the floppy??? the floppy is totally blank, and never had any probs with the box i have had for ages, as i dont use them often. i havent done anything settings wise have hardly used the machine, just booking in and printing so up till now floppy and CD tray have hardly been used. beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 231307 | 2004-04-23 02:05:00 | Hi beetle Your comp won't do anything just because you insert a floppy. Have you tried to access the floppy in windows explorer? That should run the drive and tell you the available space. I assume the floppy is formatted already, but if it isn't, if I recall correctly windows will tell you and pop up an option to format it then and there. You could also check some other floppy you have that you know has files on it, or try to copy a small file to the blank disk and see what happens. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 231308 | 2004-04-23 02:25:00 | oh sorry i had inserted it and was trying to save something to it when it kept popping up please insert flopppy when it was already in.... beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 231309 | 2004-04-23 02:29:00 | Is the floppy formatted beetle? | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 231310 | 2004-04-23 02:33:00 | its a SKC mfd 2hd Formatted floppy it says on the floppy itself so im presuming its a yes? i ve managed to save things to them before. not sure if its the work comp playing up then or me beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 231311 | 2004-04-23 02:36:00 | Here's a common cause of that problem: If you haven't used the drive for months,and you've been busily "housekeeping" (raising dust), the dust has all collected in the drive. :D Dust is very good at making a drive not see disks. Try peeking in the slot. A venetian blind tool (or whatever they call that bit of rubber hose flattened at the end to make a narrow slot) on the vacuum cleaner might suck the dust out. ;-) Then a head cleaner disk might help. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 231312 | 2004-04-23 02:40:00 | LOL more House keeping???? hate it, hate it, hate it...... k give it a go, but have to move the office as its rather difficult to get that close to the box, due printer contraption in way???? ill have a look, but not touch anything at this point..... should i ask another person to do this?? dont want to break or knock anything off now do i??? insurance cover me for accidently knocking it off while cleaning it???? :D beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 231313 | 2004-04-23 02:57:00 | Basically, all you want to do is hold the little door open with a pencil or even your finger tip, while sucking hard. The "venetian blind" tool will concentrate the suck. It would take extreme technical competence to damage anything.;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 231314 | 2004-04-23 03:00:00 | Ya mean give it to beetle and she's sure to break something in the process . LOL technical competence . . . . . does not actually go in the same sentence as beetle does it? they just dont seem to have that smooth flow to my thinking . . . . :p i dont have a venetian cleaner what about a shaver brush? or a pastry brush? ?:| beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 231315 | 2004-04-23 03:18:00 | These are accessories on your vacuum cleaner? What a wonderful machine. ;-) The weapon we want to introduce is "suck", not a brush which could knock the heads. The end of the vacuum cleaner wand might work,but it's metal and could scratch the plastic. The tool I'm thinking of fits on the end and is soft, and because it is narrowed at the end makes the air move faster --- which is a Good Thing. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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