[access-uk] Re: Problem with floppy drive
- From: "John Wilson" <jwjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:08:39 +0100
Hello Catherine,
If Explorer works on other drives OK and if it's not a
particular floppy disk which is faulty, unfortunately, it looks
like it may be the actual floppy drive itself which has become
faulty. I've had to change two floppy drives in one of my PCs in
the last two years because of this.
Try blowing or sucking any dust out of it with your vacuum
cleaner before giving up on the drive and replacing it and
perhaps a local engineer could check it out for you and make a
diagnosis.
HTH,
John.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Problem with floppy drive
Hi,
I have a problem with the floppy drive on my laptop. Whenever I
insert a
disk and go to explore it in My Computer I get the message
saying "Please
insert a disk in drive a" as if I haven't inserted a disk, and
the drive
keeps making noises as if it's trying to read the disk but not
being able
to. I pushed the disk in firmly just as usual.
Has anyone got any ideas what could have gone wrong? How can I
go about
trying to figure out what the problem is?
I know nothing about how floppy drives work and am next to
useless in
understanding hardware in general so any idiot's guide type
answers would be
ok. At the same time I learn quickly, am good at tinkering am
short of
money so if I can sort out the problem myself that would be far
preferable
than having to send my precious baby away somewhere!
Thanks,
Catherine
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