[pchelpers] Re: Floppy Disk

Hi John,

I've seen this sort of thing from time to time.  As far as I am aware, there
are four things you can try.
1) Turn the machine off (physically off, not a restart).  Wait about 10
seconds, turn it on and try again
2) Try booting into DOS and formatting the disk from there
3) Replace the floppy drive (to determine if that was the problem)
4) (and typically my first approach) toss the floppy disk (not the drive) in
the bin and get a new one.

They are so unreliable compared to other storage options these days that I
avoid using floppy disks wherever possible.

Regards,

Bevan


> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a minor problem with my floppy disk drive. I was trying to make a
> systems disk in case of a Windows 98SE crash. After I followed all of the
> procedures as outlined by Windows 98SE, it asked me to insert a floppy
disk.
> The system also informed me that anything on this particular disk would be
> erased and only the needed information to boot up my computer would be
left
> behind. I clicked on OK, the computer said it was going to format the
disk.
> I saw my system try to format the disk, in fact my system said
"Formatting"
> and when my system got to about 4-5% formatted, I got a message that said
> there is not a disk in the drive, or the door has been left open,
something
> to that effect. I tried it again with the same result. Also if I try to
use
> this disk, my systems informs me that the disk is not formatted. When I
try
> to format the disk, I get the same results as described above. If I do a
> simple format, basically erase the disk, this function appears to be
working
> just fine. I thought that my disk was out of alignment, it is about 8
years
> old. So I purchased a new one, and again the same result. When I check
> Windows concerning my floppy disk, it advises me that all is functionally
> perfectly. I even reinstalled my floppy disk more than once to make sure
> that the driver has not gone bad.
>
> Sorry this email is so long. My question is this: Is it possible that
> something in Windows itself has become corrupted and this prevents the
> formatting of floppy disks? I tried even to format under the MSDOS prompt
> with the same results. I can format my Zip disks without any problems.
What
> up with this? I would appreciate any help that you may provide.
>
> Thank again.
>
> John F
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