Re: Floppy doesnt work in WIN98

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From: S3/\/\t3X
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00

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I had the same over here when I ran RC0.
The way I solved it on my system:
Go to Device Manager (under system properties) and delete the driver for the
flopdrive. Windows will at first complain that the drive will be used in
"real-mode" but it will work perfectly fine with no side-effects whatsoever.
It appears to be the hsflop.pdr floppy disk driver causing trouble on some
machines (I got bsod's whenever accessing the drive ;)
This happened whether it was a clean win98 install or an upgrade, though I'd
recommend doing a clean install.

hope this helps,

semtex at freemail dot nl

Marcel wrote in message <6n649g$jpf$1@newton.a2000.nl>...
>People,
>
>After upgrading to WIN98 from 95 osr2
>
>My drive A doesnt work anymore !!!!
>
>when i click on it it starts to search for the contents and then the light
>stays on, thats it nothing happens anymore
>
>I didnt have these problems in W95 and dont have them in real dos !!!,
whats
>wrong ??????
>
>

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Subject: Re: Floppy doesnt work in WIN98
Date: 1998/06/29
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