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Article #6284Problem with Win3 and Word Perfect 5.1
From: Timothy Owen Lesniak
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 18:33
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 18:33
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When I run Word Perfect 5.1 (full screen mode) from Windows, everything works fine EXCEPT that I cannot read drive a: or b: from Word Perfect, i.e. I cannot load a document into WP from a floppy. There is no problem accessing drive c:. The message WP gives when it attemps to list or load in files from a: or b: is "Drive not ready 1. Retry 2. Cancel". When it attempts to read the disk, the disk light flickers several times. The same thing happens when I run WP51 from the Windows DOS shell. This problem does not occur when I run WP51 from DOS. I have a Northgate 320 Slimline (386, 20MHz). Drive a: is a 5 1/4" floppy and b: is a 3 1/2". If anyone has heard of or experienced a similar problem and/or knows of a solution, please let me know. Thanks, Tim Lesniak Baylor College of Medicine Baylor Systems Support Center tim@bcm.tmc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!bcm!watson!tim From: tim@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Timothy Owen Lesniak) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Problem with Win3 and Word Perfect 5.1 Keywords: Win3, WP51, floppy drive a:, b: Message-ID: <2465@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Date: 26 Oct 90 18:33:00 GMT Sender: usenet@bcm.tmc.edu Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: bcm.tmc.edu