Re: Floppy Error

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From: Mark Panther
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00

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  Try a different power connector on it. Those small plugs are'nt as
reliable as the
large ones. I've had this trouble before and sometimes just twisting the
power
lead on an angle will help.

MarZ wrote in message <35CC0BD0.799F1B49@golden.net.au>...
>Hi All,
> Hope I'm in the right group.
>
>I have suddenly been geting an " A:\ drive not accessable message".
>I have checked the drive on another PC and all is well.
>Win 95 Display/Device Manager says all is O.K. too. No conflicts no
>nothing. Can anyone shed some light on the subject as to why my Floppy
>is not reading.
>On boot-up I get the message.. Floppy disk Fail (40). If thats any
>help.
>thanks in advance.
>Please email replies...
>

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From: "Mark Panther" <mpanther@golden.net.au>
Subject: Re: Floppy Error
Date: 1998/08/12
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