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| Thread ID: 121326 | 2011-10-20 21:47:00 | Floppy on New WIN7 not recognised. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1238976 | 2011-10-21 07:58:00 | I have a USB floppy drive at work for the odd time we need a floppy disk. The old drives & disks are very unreliable | Greven (91) | ||
| 1238977 | 2011-10-21 09:42:00 | I had this problem once or twice with workshop PC's. From a MS site,tried what MS wrote, and worked on one, but not the other: 1. Open Device Manager by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Device Manager.* If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 2. Double-click the category containing your floppy disk drive, and then double-click the name of the device. 3. Click the Driver tab, and then click Uninstall. 4. Read and Confirm Notification 5. From the Toolbar click Action -> click Scan for hardware changes 6. Windows will search for your hardware and reinstall it 7. Exit Device Manager One thing to try -- open Computer / Tools / Folder options / view -- untick " hide empty drives" |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1238978 | 2011-10-21 09:56:00 | Windows 7 didn't like my floppy drive either People here still have floppy drives? *face palm* Charlie Sheen Translation: Weak |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1238979 | 2011-10-21 13:21:00 | People here still have floppy drives? *face palm* They are quite useful for many things, and the ease at which one can write an image or program to them is unsurpassed. CDs can't be written to when used for booting and Flash drives require stuffing around with different programs and all sorts of emulation settings to get them working. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1238980 | 2011-10-21 18:42:00 | Jeez Wayne! WT you blood is worth bottling. The disabling in Device Manager and then rebooting worked like a charm. I'm again a grateful and happy chappy. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1238981 | 2011-10-21 20:27:00 | I have a USB floppy drive at work for the odd time we need a floppy disk. The old drives & disks are very unreliable Bet it's not a 5.25in floppy !!. Only place to get one is of course Aussie. the b u g g e r s' we love to hate !. Yes the 22 Feb earthquake cleaned out the contents of a wardrobe, where these floppies were hiding. One time I have appreciated the quakes, it does do a bit of "spring cleaning" even if it's out of season, lol. Lurking. |
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