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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to
recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a prompt. Thanks -- AWGu3 |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm
scroll to: Floppy Drive - Please insert disk -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com/ Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp "awguthrie" wrote in message ... | Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to | recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or | because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no | disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file | system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. | It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not | recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a | prompt. | Thanks | -- | AWGu3 |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
No that has no effect. I can say that when I click the drive icon (right or
left) the speed is much slower. The device manager seems normal. I've done the troubleshooting etc. I'm suspecting the fact that the comp. doesn't recognize the drive at startup (as evident by not needing to remove the disk). -- AWGu3 "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm scroll to: Floppy Drive - Please insert disk -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com/ Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp "awguthrie" wrote in message ... | Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to | recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or | because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no | disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file | system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. | It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not | recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a | prompt. | Thanks | -- | AWGu3 |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
awguthrie wrote:
Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A drive decided to stop then or because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a prompt. Thanks That's most likely a hardware conflict between the two drives. Remove the Iomega to confirm this. The Iomega site should have support pages that will certainly discuss this; it's probably a common problem. https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cg...ci/product.php -- Joe =o) |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Heading there now. I have removed and uninstalled to no avail but I will
check the Iomega site. Thanks -- AWGu3 "Elmo" wrote: awguthrie wrote: Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A drive decided to stop then or because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a prompt. Thanks That's most likely a hardware conflict between the two drives. Remove the Iomega to confirm this. The Iomega site should have support pages that will certainly discuss this; it's probably a common problem. https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cg...ci/product.php -- Joe =o) |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Oddly, IOMEGA was of no help.?!
-- AWGu3 "awguthrie" wrote: Heading there now. I have removed and uninstalled to no avail but I will check the Iomega site. Thanks -- AWGu3 "Elmo" wrote: awguthrie wrote: Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A drive decided to stop then or because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a prompt. Thanks That's most likely a hardware conflict between the two drives. Remove the Iomega to confirm this. The Iomega site should have support pages that will certainly discuss this; it's probably a common problem. https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cg...ci/product.php -- Joe =o) |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
awguthrie wrote:
Heading there now. I have removed and uninstalled to no avail but I will check the Iomega site. Thanks You physically removed the Zip Disk and the floppy still didn't work? -- Joe =o) |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Yes and have continued to search for the error.
-- AWGu3 "Elmo" wrote: awguthrie wrote: Heading there now. I have removed and uninstalled to no avail but I will check the Iomega site. Thanks You physically removed the Zip Disk and the floppy still didn't work? -- Joe =o) |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Did you ever find a
"fix" for this problem? I am having the same problem except for iomega zip not relevent. "awguthrie" wrote: Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a prompt. Thanks -- AWGu3 |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
Please Insert a Disk into Drive A:" Message Continually Appears When Starting the Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282470 and/or http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm scroll to - Floppy Drive - Please insert disk -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com.sg/ Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ "bluegayle" wrote in message ... | Did you ever find a | "fix" for this problem? I am having the same problem except for iomega zip | not relevent. | | "awguthrie" wrote: | | Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to | recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or | because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no | disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file | system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. | It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not | recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a | prompt. | Thanks | -- | AWGu3 |
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"There is no disk in drive a.." 3 1/2 floppy
I have tried both of those with no luck. This doesn't come up when I startup.
The drive shows in my computer but when I right click the icon there is no menu option. If I try to save to disk I get the message there is no disk in drive a. It was working pre an attempt at a repair install of xp. However i need a floppy for 'sata' so I can actually do one. I did manage an "upgrade" install which fixed most of my problems. However since then, I believe, is when I lost my floppy drive. Thanks for trying. "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote: Please Insert a Disk into Drive A:" Message Continually Appears When Starting the Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282470 and/or http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm scroll to - Floppy Drive - Please insert disk -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com.sg/ Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ "bluegayle" wrote in message ... | Did you ever find a | "fix" for this problem? I am having the same problem except for iomega zip | not relevent. | | "awguthrie" wrote: | | Widows XP Home with all updates etc. I reinstalled an Iomega zip to | recover/copy some files. Not certain if my A dribe decided to stop then or | because of an unrelated issue. I put in a floppy and receive "There is no | disk in drive a, insert and retry." 3 1/2 floppy/A drive properties- file | system RAW, used, free and capacity all 0. Location 0 (0) Unable to format. | It is enabled and claims to be working properly, The drive apparently is not | recognized at startup, or at least the disk in the drive doesn't result in a | prompt. | Thanks | -- | AWGu3 |
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