Using XP Home Edition.
This just started happening on a 2+ year-old desktop. When I put a
formattted diskette with data on it into the A drive, I get a message
stating that the diskette is not formatted, and would I like to format it.
The same thing happens when I attach a jump drive to a USB port. I copied
some files to a CD. When I opened the CD drive in Expolrer, it did not show
any files on the CD.

All three devices (diskete with data, jump drive with data, and CD with the
files I copied to it, when loaded on my laptop worked properly!

Altough I did not try to copy files to either the diskette or the jump drive
and since the CD copy worked properly, I am assuming that the diskette drive
and the jump drive would copy files should I do that. Also, when looking at
the desktop System - whatever it is- on the control panel, it indicated that
the diskette dirve driver etc., were ok.

So, what is going on wiht my system? Any ideas?

"Pat Jennings" <patjennings@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Using XP Home Edition.
> This just started happening on a 2+ year-old desktop. When I put a
> formattted diskette with data on it into the A drive, I get a message
> stating that the diskette is not formatted, and would I like to format it.
> The same thing happens when I attach a jump drive to a USB port. I copied
> some files to a CD. When I opened the CD drive in Expolrer, it did not
> show any files on the CD.
>
> All three devices (diskete with data, jump drive with data, and CD with
> the files I copied to it, when loaded on my laptop worked properly!
>
> Altough I did not try to copy files to either the diskette or the jump
> drive and since the CD copy worked properly, I am assuming that the
> diskette drive and the jump drive would copy files should I do that.
> Also, when looking at the desktop System - whatever it is- on the control
> panel, it indicated that the diskette dirve driver etc., were ok.
>
> So, what is going on wiht my system? Any ideas?
>