Floppy Drive Problem

[mrm1957]

Just put in a new floppy drive and when I put in different disks it
always asks to put in a disk. The drive lights up and when you put a disk in it clicks so I know it's working but won't read any of them. I even tried the boot disk and it won't read that.
Any ideas what might be wrong !!!

 

[David]

Is the cable on correctly?

Do the disks work in other PCs?

What OS does your PC run? Are the disks formatted?

David

 

[mrm1957]

Yes the disks work in my other PC.
Win ME, Yes the disks have info on them.
Don't think it's a cable cause the lights are woking and the
device manager says it's OK.

 

[David]

Yes the disks work in my other PC.
Win ME, Yes the disks have info on them.
Don't think it's a cable cause the lights are woking and the
device manager says it's OK.

Can you boot off of the floppy drive? Ie if you stick a floppy in and boot will the computer boot off the floppy.

Are the BIOS options for the floppy drive set up correctly?

David

 

[mrm1957]

The bios settings are set 1.44 3.5 Floppy drive
The boot up disk works on the other PC but not this one.

This PC tells me to insert a disk in drive A

 

[eab]

maybe you have the drive cable plugged in the wrong way. Or maybe its just shot! If you have a spare drive maybe try using that one.

 

[CrystalMethod]

maybe you have the drive cable plugged in the wrong way. Or maybe its just shot! If you have a spare drive maybe try using that one.

I don't think he has the cable plugged in the wrong way. When you do that the floppy drive light will stay on wether there's a disk in it or not usually.

Have you tried the actual floppy drive in your other system yet?

 

[mrm1957]

The old drive works in the other PC so I guess it would have to be the cable is bad.