Problem with 3.5" floppy drive (help!)

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From: David Victor
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:38

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I just bought a new 486SX-25 clone system, and I'm pretty happy with it, 
except for one thing: 

I do a "DIR B:" (B: is my 3.5" floppy drive) on disk #1, and get a valid 
file listing.

I take out disk #1 and replace it with disk #2, which is known to have
different files on it (verified on 2 other machines).

I do a "DIR B:" again, and I get the *same* file listing as I had on my
disk #1!

If I reboot the machine and do a "DIR B:" on disk #2, I see the correct
listing of the contents of disk #2 (which again supports my contention
that disk #1 and disk #2 have different files on them).

In other words, my directory listing is the same for every disk I insert
into drive B: forever, until I reboot.  Can anyone tell me what's going
on?  Thanks for any help!!

-David Victor

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From: bonobo@Ingres.COM (David Victor)
Subject: Problem with 3.5" floppy drive (help!)
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