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Floppy Drive Fiasco

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by muddyknees 1 view

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What's happening when explorer or ACDsee keeps showing me the same contents in my floppy drive even though i have switched diskettes? I have to reboot my computer to refresh the contents shown in explorer when working with several diskettes. Is thisa software or hardware problem? Same thing happens even if i use the DOS dir command.

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by csmith

Sounds like the Disk Change signal is not getting from the hardware to the OS.
The first test is to click on another drive.
(C: for instance) and let it display. Change the floppy, then click on the floppy drive again. Did it read the new floppy?If yes, the cacheing in the OS is the problem.
If no, Check the floppy drive and floppy cable.
(Remember to check the insides of the floppy drive for excessive dust as well as for everything else.)
Regards, Chris

by zlitocook

Try hitting the f5 key this will refresh the view. This will work when you put another disk in and not double click the floppy icon.

by cvjack

There were a couple of old viruses that caused the same floppy problem - anti-exe and anti-CMOS if I remember correctly. Most probable cause is a bad floppy drive, though.

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