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January 3rd 05, 02:09 AM
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Floppy Drive
Hi,
I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z 
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January 3rd 05, 10:58 PM
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It could be the "Disk Change" switch in the drive is no longer working.
John wrote: Hi, I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z
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January 3rd 05, 11:24 PM
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Thanks, I'll get a new drive.
John "Bob I" wrote in message ... It could be the "Disk Change" switch in the drive is no longer working. John wrote: Hi, I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z
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January 4th 05, 02:16 PM
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You're welcome, have a good day.
John wrote: Thanks, I'll get a new drive. John "Bob I" wrote in message ... It could be the "Disk Change" switch in the drive is no longer working. John wrote: Hi, I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z
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January 6th 05, 03:31 AM
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Hi ,
I bought a new floppy drive, still the same. Any other ideas? John "Bob I" wrote in message ... You're welcome, have a good day. John wrote: Thanks, I'll get a new drive. John "Bob I" wrote in message ... It could be the "Disk Change" switch in the drive is no longer working. John wrote: Hi, I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z
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January 6th 05, 04:23 AM
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Hi Again,
New observation... I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I booted with Windows 98 SE. It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware problem. It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the drive infrequently... John "Bob I" wrote in message ... You're welcome, have a good day. John wrote: Thanks, I'll get a new drive. John "Bob I" wrote in message ... It could be the "Disk Change" switch in the drive is no longer working. John wrote: Hi, I have been using my floppy drive for backing up two small apps. Recently I have noticed a peculiar behaviour. Once I write the data of one app using either DOS copy or drag & drop, the file list on the floppy in the Windows Explorer (or in DOS ) will always display the same files eleven if I insert a different disk into the drive, ever after refreshing the display. This also happens if I just list files in Win. Explorer without actually copying anything.. To get a file list for another floppy, I have to restart Windows XP. Would this be a hardware problem or a problem with Windows XP.? Any ideas, please? John Z
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January 6th 05, 01:23 PM
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Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the
[c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or compressed. I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then running sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk)) "John" wrote in message ... Hi Again, New observation... I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I booted with Windows 98 SE. It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware problem. It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the drive infrequently... John "Bob I" wrote in message ... "Bob I" wrote in message ...
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January 6th 05, 06:07 PM
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Thank you Frank, not much I can add to that.
Frank wrote: Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the [c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or compressed. I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then running sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk)) "John" wrote in message ... Hi Again, New observation... I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I booted with Windows 98 SE. It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware problem. It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the drive infrequently... John "Bob I" wrote in message ... "Bob I" wrote in message ...
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January 6th 05, 09:52 PM
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As it finally turned out, it was an intermittent FD cable.
Thanks for the hints, now I know how to run sfc (didn't know about the params). John "Frank" wrote in message ... Check to see if it is a mode 3 floppy. Set BIOS accordingly. Also the [c:\windows\system32\drivers\sfloppy.sys] file will get corrupted or compressed. I have fixed this a number of times by just deleting sfloppy.sys and then running sfc /scannow ((with a slipstreamed sp2 disk)) "John" wrote in message ... Hi Again, New observation... I have tried the new floppy drive on the same machine but this time I booted with Windows 98 SE. It works OK. The problem is with Windows XP - it is not a hardware problem. It used to be OK. I cannot remember when and how it happened as I use the drive infrequently... John "Bob I" wrote in message ... "Bob I" wrote in message ...
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