Simple (?) problem in a: drive

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2 total messages Started by Manish Malhotra Sun, 19 Sep 1993 16:39

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Author: 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

Re: Simple (?) problem in a: drive

#31

Author: Marc Gutschner
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 01:27

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Manish Malhotra meinte, am Sun, 19 Sep 93 16:39:13 GMT folgendes von sich geben zu muessen:

>  

> 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.

This indicates that your drive does not generate the 'media change'-signal
that is badly needed to detect a disk-change !

>  
> 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.
>  

Dunno for sure, but maybe there is a jumper on your drives electronic, that
must be set. On the otherhand it is possible that your drive is not
PC-compatible :-(


> Thanks. 
>  
> Paul Gupta
> 510-528-0618

so long,
Marc

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