- Windows not recognizing new floppy disk
- Posted by d_lusion on November 21st, 2005
When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A
and read the directory of a
floppy disk, it gives me the correct information for the first disk I put in.
However, when I replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory reading from the
first floppy. The Refresh command from the View menu does nothing.
The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR command.
I have to restart my machine to read the information from the second floppy
disk.
I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when this started
happening, but I am needing to search through a number of floppies to find
some old information and don't have the time to be restarting my machine to
search each disk.
- Posted by Nepatsfan on November 21st, 2005
d_lusion wrote:
> When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A and read the
> directory of a floppy disk, it gives me the correct
> information for the first disk I put in. However, when I
> replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
> Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory
> reading from the first floppy. The Refresh command from the
> View menu does nothing.
>
> The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR
> command.
>
> I have to restart my machine to read the information from
> the second floppy disk.
>
> I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when
> this started happening, but I am needing to search through a
> number of floppies to find some old information and don't
> have the time to be restarting my machine to search each
> disk.
First check the cable. You may end up having to replace the
floppy drive. This is a hardware issue. Take a look here for
more details:
http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.ph...5424&sta rt=0
Good luck
Nepatsfan
- Posted by d_lusion on November 22nd, 2005
You were dead on. Replaced pinched floppy cable and works perfectly!
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
> d_lusion wrote:
> > When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A and read the
> > directory of a floppy disk, it gives me the correct
> > information for the first disk I put in. However, when I
> > replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
> > Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory
> > reading from the first floppy. The Refresh command from the
> > View menu does nothing.
> >
> > The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR
> > command.
> >
> > I have to restart my machine to read the information from
> > the second floppy disk.
> >
> > I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when
> > this started happening, but I am needing to search through a
> > number of floppies to find some old information and don't
> > have the time to be restarting my machine to search each
> > disk.
>
> First check the cable. You may end up having to replace the
> floppy drive. This is a hardware issue. Take a look here for
> more details:
>
> http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.ph...5424&sta rt=0
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
- Posted by Nepatsfan on November 22nd, 2005
Great! Glad to hear you got it working.
Nepatsfan
d_lusion wrote:
> You were dead on. Replaced pinched floppy cable and works
> perfectly!
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> d_lusion wrote:
>>> When I go to My Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A and read the
>>> directory of a floppy disk, it gives me the correct
>>> information for the first disk I put in. However, when I
>>> replace that disk with a second one and go back to My
>>> Computer > 3 1/2" Floppy (A it gives me the directory
>>> reading from the first floppy. The Refresh command from
>>> the View menu does nothing.
>>>
>>> The same thing happens from the command line using the DIR
>>> command.
>>>
>>> I have to restart my machine to read the information from
>>> the second floppy disk.
>>>
>>> I rarely use my floppy drive, so I'm not sure exactly when
>>> this started happening, but I am needing to search through
>>> a number of floppies to find some old information and don't
>>> have the time to be restarting my machine to search each
>>> disk.
>>
>> First check the cable. You may end up having to replace the
>> floppy drive. This is a hardware issue. Take a look here for
>> more details:
>>
>> http://www.duxcw.com/yabbse/index.ph...5424&sta rt=0
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
