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From: Steve
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00

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Yes will boot to dos. No twist.

"DualIP" <six10again@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 03:18:59 GMT, "Steve" <noisseau@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >When trying access the floppy drive on nt4 sp5 this error appears: "a:\
is
> >not accessible incorrect parameter" if  I "retry" I then get an error
> >something like: "unrecognized file system"
> >
> >swapped out floppy drive with another, same error. Also tried several
> >different disks known to work fine on other NT machines.
> >
> >I know this error has happened to other people but no one seems to know
the
> >fix.
> >
> Probably dumb questions , but I've helped cooleagues out with them:
> Does the flop function when booted to DOS ?
> Does the ribbon cable have a "twist"?
>
> DualIP

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Date: 2000/04/13
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