floppy drive problems

[kelvin]

floppies work ok on other machines but keep getting
message ...disc not formatted do you want to format the
disc
can some one help? cleaning the lens did not help
thanks

[Delwin Lee [MSFT]]

Have you ruled out hardware failure? (Does this floppy drive work in other
machines? Or, do other floppy drives work in this machine?)

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"kelvin" > wrote in message
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> floppies work ok on other machines but keep getting
> message ...disc not formatted do you want to format the
> disc
> can some one help? cleaning the lens did not help
> thanks

[Kah Kee Nang]

Delwin Lee [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> Have you ruled out hardware failure? (Does this floppy drive work in other
> machines? Or, do other floppy drives work in this machine?)
>
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> Please reply in newsgroup.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
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> "kelvin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > floppies work ok on other machines but keep getting
> > message ...disc not formatted do you want to format the
> > disc
> > can some one help? cleaning the lens did not help
> > thanks
>
>

so anybody has resolved this problematic format issue? Does replacing a
whole new set of FDD resolve this?