Floppy drive not working

cheboi · Jul 9, 2005

My floopy drive isn't working. If you insert a floppy disket and you try to open, you get the error message " Insert a disk into drive A".
Anybody with an idea of how to fix this?

Yargwel · Jul 9, 2005

Could be that the disk drive heads are dirty. You can get a cleaner kit for floppy drives. But if the drive itself has failed they are fairly cheap to buy and generally easy to fit.

bigbazza · Jul 9, 2005

Buy a new one. It is probably cheaper than a head cleaning kit. Bazza

ASUS · Jul 10, 2005

cheboi said:

My floopy drive isn't working. If you insert a floppy disket and you try to open, you get the error message " Insert a disk into drive A".
Anybody with an idea of how to fix this?
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You will also get that message if the floppy cable is on backwards.
When the cable is on backwards you will also see the led on the floppy drive lite all the time.

Here's new one $9 free shipping:
http://rowcal.com//product_info.php?manufacturers_id=6&products_id=367
At www.pricewatch.com can even get used one for $3 shipped

daveman2 · Jul 10, 2005

I have similar problem, with the same message appearing, alternating with "A:\ is not accessible. No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk"

Anyone know why? Just buy new drive?

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