jseidman@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (James Seidman) (01/08/91)
Has anyone experienced problems in reading floppy drives when in Windows? I can read my 5 1/4' just fine, but trying to read from my 3 1/2' produces a "System Error" from the File Manager, or a "Drive not ready" error from a DOS session. Has anyone else had similar problems, and if so, what caused them? Thanks in advance! -- Jim Seidman, Headland Technology, 46221 Landing Parkway, Fremont CA 94538 "If I screw up, I just kill someone. But if you screw up, they suffer for the rest of their lives." - A remark made by a surgeon to a psychiatrist.
jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) (01/09/91)
In article <10279@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, jseidman@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (James Seidman) writes: |> |> Has anyone experienced problems in reading floppy drives when in Windows? I have this problem all the time. I have a machine with C&T chipset / AMI BIOS, 80386 etc. What chipset / bios are you running ? -Jaz | Jack A Zucker {cwjcc,pyramid,decvax,uunet}!jaz@icd.ab.com | | Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. or ICCGCC::ZUCKER | | 747 Alpha Drive | Highland Hts., OH 44143 phone: (216) 646-4668 FAX: (216) 646-4484 |
jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) (01/10/91)
In article <2014@abvax.UUCP> jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) writes: >In article <10279@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, jls@hsv3.UUCP >(James Seidman) writes: >|> Has anyone experienced problems in reading floppy drives when in Windows? > >I have this problem all the time. I have a machine with C&T chipset / >AMI BIOS, 80386 etc. What chipset / bios are you running ? My machine has the Opti 80C381 chipset and a Quadtel BIOS. It's a 386DX-25. I've also seen a similar problem on a Compaq 386/20, believe it or not! -- Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer. "There's a certain freedom to being completely screwed." - The Freshman UUCP: ames!vsi1!hsv3!jls Internet: hsv3.UUCP!jls@apple.com
JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) (01/11/91)
In article <10279@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, jseidman@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (James Seidman) says: >Has anyone experienced problems in reading floppy drives when in Windows? >I can read my 5 1/4' just fine, but trying to read from my 3 1/2' produces >a "System Error" from the File Manager, or a "Drive not ready" error from >a DOS session. Has anyone else had similar problems, and if so, what >caused them? I had a similar problem with my new 386. Turned out to be a bad BIOS chip. No problems since it was replaced. (BTW, this was the only way the flaw showed itself... all diagnostics ran fine.) --- Jim McIntosh (jim@auvm.auvm.edu) The American University Washington DC 20016-8019 USA