I just built my own computer for the second time..went fairly smoothly, however I have a wee little problem..
My floppy drive (the 1.44 megabyte one) according to the manual I should plug it in directly into the board, which I did however the drive light is always on and when I insert a disk it won't recognize it. What should I do?
I realize this forum doesn't really deal with computer problems per se but I could use a spot of help so does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Thanks..I didn't see that forum..I just posted there so I hope I can get some assistance.
Thanks again!
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.
That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.
In those days we really believed that to be the worlds one, and only truth. - FullMetal Alchemist
Yep. Already fixed it...turns out the ribbon cable was in backwards.
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.
That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.
In those days we really believed that to be the worlds one, and only truth. - FullMetal Alchemist
Originally I was thinking of replacing my 100 Mb Zip with a 750 Mb one..it can read and write to both 250 and 750 disks but can do a "Read Only" on 100 Mb's....might still do that..
But you are right..those floppy's are SO dead...it was neat installing Windows XP straight from the CD..all I had to do was change the boot sequence in the BIOS and VIOLA!..I was in business.
I still wonder why floppy's are still installed in computers though..they really don't help much....
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.
That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.
In those days we really believed that to be the worlds one, and only truth. - FullMetal Alchemist
they're installed because people still use them; because, sadly, not everyone has USB Flash drives.
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personally I think they're installed because until recently many motherboards didn't have the capability to boot from cd...
I've always found them to be soo slow that I avoid them at all costs.
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floppies are getting to be a thing of the past. You are not going to find a motherboard that does not have usb. Let me go check my 486 and see if it has usb... okay never mind, my 486 is from the days before usb. But none the less floppies are very out dated and no longer neccessary.
i have two dont ask why i just think it looks weird without one, and my case looked empty with just the one and a facia, so i put second in there, dont use them but o well
and i dont need to put a HDD in there cos i have 7 slots for them anyway (4 being free)
I have 2 on most of my machines because my mum still uses floppies and she likes to copy data directly from one to the other. Except for my shuttle ofcourse.
In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?! - Unknown Author
"And there's Bill Gates, the...most...famous...man in the...ah...Microsoft." -- A TV commentator for the 2000 Olympics.
The reason the light was on was because you plugged the cable in the wrong way around, if you unplug the floppy cable from the drive, rotate it 180 degrees and plug it back in again, it should work fine.
I have a floppy drive in my machine and was ridiculed for it, but recently it came in very usedful indeed. I needed it to install SATA drivers for my HDD during a Win XP Pro installation. If I didn't have a floppy drive I wouldn't be able to use my PC right now.
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