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| 43657 | 2002-04-13 16:23:00 | installed new drive but n/w. A:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready. Retry unsuccessful. have checked connections and all seems fine. have checked the floppy and it is readable. P1 100,32ram,1.2hd,cdrom, win95 (4.00.950) (tech guy advised old drive was not reading some disc's at 1996 upgrade, used cdrom since) |
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| 43658 | 2002-04-13 21:52:00 | Have you been able to try out either the old floppy drive and / or new floppy drive on another computer to see if they work there. That would help narrow the fault down to either the drives themselves or to your computer.Maybe also try a different cable for connecting the drive. It will sound silly but the cable is in the right way and firmly seated, no insult intended. | Guest (0) | ||
| 43659 | 2002-04-14 03:16:00 | Check that it is enabled in the BIOS. If the LEd on the drive is on all the time, that usually means that the cable is plugged in upside down: turn one end of the cable thuough 180 degrees. Many (most, all?) floppies don't have a housing for the header -- make sure that the connector is not displaced sideways. I always plug the cable to a disk drive before I put it in the box, so I can SEE what I am doing. |
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| 43660 | 2002-04-14 05:18:00 | Old and new drives work fine on my other computer as do the cables when swapped. (should have done that simple test on old drive b4 wasting $'s on new one huh..) It seems the problem is the computer.. Thanks 4 narrowing that down for me Graham |
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| 43661 | 2002-04-14 21:20:00 | Here's a thought. My young grand children did this to me! Carefully check inside the disk area. My disk would not work and after a great deal of checking found that the little blighters had slipped a small card into the machine and that was sufficent to create havoc. Is it possible that a packing card might be in the device to protect the unit? Bryan. |
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| 43662 | 2002-04-15 12:18:00 | Thanks Bryan :) I gave up i'm sorry to say... Computers in the shop for a checkup! Hope it's not too many $'s to fix problem, frustration got the better of me |
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