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re: my windows XP cannot detect my floppy drive Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:57 pm Posted by Malcolm Fowler (1736 messages posted) External or internal floppy drive? Has it been detectable previously? If internal is it recognised in BIOS? If external and USB is the USB port working for other devices? On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:22 pm, zwerve wrote: >hey guys! i need help about my floppy drive because my windows XP cannot detect >it... what should i do? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my windows XP cannot detect my floppy drive Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 5:23 am Posted by Howard Hoyt (4 messages posted) At boot-up you have an option to go into your BIOS. Usually DEL key and F-key. You may find your BIOS has floppy drive support switched off- a fairly common problem. Good luck, Howard Hoyt On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:57 pm, Malcolm Fowler wrote: >External or internal floppy drive? Has it been detectable previously? If internal >is it recognised in BIOS? If external and USB is the USB port working for other devices? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my windows XP cannot detect my floppy drive Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 6:30 am Posted by Malcolm Fowler (1736 messages posted) Better if you reply direct to zwerve.... On Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 5:23 am, Howard Hoyt wrote: >At boot-up you have an option to go into your BIOS. Usually DEL key and F-key. You >may find your BIOS has floppy drive support switched off- a fairly common problem. > >Good luck, Howard Hoyt > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my windows XP cannot detect my floppy drive Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 3:08 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Get yourself a boot disk (I generally use a 98 boot disk, but any boot disk will do) and try booting off of it If it fails to boot make sure that the floppy is set to be the first boot device If it still fails to boot you've got a dead floppy, they are very cheep and the replacement isn't that hard Regards, Adam Bradley On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:22 pm, zwerve wrote: >hey guys! i need help about my floppy drive because my windows XP cannot detect >it... what should i do? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum