Re: Floppy Error

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From: Richard RUDEK
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 00:00

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MarZ <marmic@golden.net.au> wrote:

>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...
>

Check your BIOS configuration. Chances are that you have the wrong drive
type configured: eg 1.2MB instead of 1.44MB (assuming your A: drive is a
3.5" 1.44MB, of course).
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Subject: Re: Floppy Error
Date: 1998/08/09
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