Simple (?) problem in a: drive

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From: Manish Malhotra
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 16:39

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Hello, all.  

I recently bought a 386 computer (used) and am experiencing a problem 

with the disk drive - a 5.25 floppy drive.  

 

PROBLEM:If I do a dir a: , it will give me the contents of the floppy in 

a: drive.  However, if I remove the floppy and insert another floppy into 

the a: drive and again do a dir a:, it will give me the same contents 

(i.e. of the previous floppy).  The light does go on, and it makes the

rotating noise, so it does seem to be "trying".  However, if I reboot

and insert the *2nd* floppy in, it will give me the accurate contents of

the floppy.

 

Can the problem be easily fixed?  Does it lie in the disk drive or in the 

p.c. hardware?  Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

 

Paul Gupta

510-528-0618

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From: milli@leland.Stanford.EDU (Manish Malhotra)
Subject: Simple (?) problem in a: drive
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