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Thread ID: 37773	2003-09-17 21:59:00	Zip drive is B: !?	andy (473)	Press F1

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176044	2003-09-17 21:59:00	I have just had an IDE internal zip 100 drive installed on my work pc (pII 400 Compaq running Win 95 networked) because we couldn't get the parallel port Zip drive and the printer to share the same parallel port on this pc (there is probably a fault with the parallel port on this PC as the setup worked fine on the previous machine I had). The pc had an existing cd-rom and 1 hard-drive. The setup is that the HD is on the primary IDE port and the CD (master) and Zip (slave) are on the secondary port. The problem is that the Zip drive has set up as drive B. I am unable to change this in Device Manager as it is greyed out. The CD is set up as K: drive now, but was D: when the Zip was installed. The Zip works fine - I can read and write to it okay, but each time it is accessed, the floppy drive goes bananas, trying to access the B: drive through the floppy-disk controller. So, how can I convince the stupid machine to make the Zip drive D: or any other option other than B: ? All suggestions gratfully accepted. Cheers, Andy	andy (473)
176045	2003-09-18 05:29:00	If the supplier installed it they may have "helped" you by selecting a BIOS option which allows for an IDE floppy drive. This was intended for the LS120 (a floppy which allows 120MB on special floppies with a laser written servo track) which uses IDE interface, but because it also uses standard floppies should be a floppy drive. If that's not what you want, have a look at the BIOS setup.	Graham L (2)
176046	2003-09-20 07:11:00	Thanx - problem solved. The jumper on the zip drive was set to A slave instead of slave, so as you surmised, it was trying to be the floppy drive. Many thanks.	andy (473)
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