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Floppy drive freezes system when used

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by jdroba

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Suddenly my floppy drive is causing my computer to freeze completly when I attempt to access any floppy disk. The only way to get out is to re-boot the system. I can not even CTRL-ALT-DEL to re-boot. I tried reconfiguring the BIOS, disableing theNAV, but no luck. Can't access via CMD prompt either. Any suggestions?

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by rcom

When you say command prompt are you booting to it or opening it in a window? If cmd prompt is opened in a window that would be the same as using it from explorer. If this is the case hit start choose reboot the MSDOS mode and try from there.

Makesure the correct drive is selected in the BIOS, 1.44MB 3.5". Also there's a choice to test the floppy in the Advanced settings in the BIOS setup, if the drive fails there then there's probably a bad drive.

Possible virus, make sure your dat filesare up to date and scan the system. Also try using a known good and virus free disk, write protect it then try accessing the drive.

If you recently installed the floppy and the indicator light stays on all the time the ribbon cable is on backwards.

Finally the drive may have gone out. Floppy drives are inexpensive $15.00-$20.00 and very easy to replace.

by jdroba

thanks for your input and suggestions. I have tried all your suggestions to no avail. The cable is good, the Bios is slected properly. Virus DAT files are current. Replaced the drive. No luck.

Joel

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