A:\ is not accessible

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I get the following message when I try to read from my floppy drive.
"A:\ is not accessible The request could not be performed because of an I/O
device error."
I have Win XP Pro SP2 plus all updates. This error shows up after the system
has been on for several days. If I power off, or restart the system I can
then read from
the floppy drive ok. I have replaced the drive, and the cable.
My hardware is:
Intel D945GNT motherboard
Intel P4 360 3Ghz
160 G SATA Hard drvie(2 80G in Raid 0)
Zip drive
Sony DRU-800A DVD RW
Floppy
USR modem
Any ideas?
 
What does the device manager show in the floppy drive
properties?



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|I get the following message when I try to read from my
floppy drive.
| "A:\ is not accessible The request could not be performed
because of an I/O
| device error."
| I have Win XP Pro SP2 plus all updates. This error shows
up after the system
| has been on for several days. If I power off, or restart
the system I can
| then read from
| the floppy drive ok. I have replaced the drive, and the
cable.
| My hardware is:
| Intel D945GNT motherboard
| Intel P4 360 3Ghz
| 160 G SATA Hard drvie(2 80G in Raid 0)
| Zip drive
| Sony DRU-800A DVD RW
| Floppy
| USR modem
| Any ideas?
|
| --
| Don Turner
 
Don Turner said:
I get the following message when I try to read from my floppy drive.
"A:\ is not accessible The request could not be performed because of an I/O
device error."
I have Win XP Pro SP2 plus all updates. This error shows up after the system
has been on for several days. If I power off, or restart the system I can
then read from
the floppy drive ok. I have replaced the drive, and the cable.
My hardware is:
Intel D945GNT motherboard
Intel P4 360 3Ghz
160 G SATA Hard drvie(2 80G in Raid 0)
Zip drive
Sony DRU-800A DVD RW
Floppy
USR modem
Any ideas?
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I've seen this error on some machines too. No idea what causes it.
Try to disable & enable the floppy controller in device manager.

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Don said:
I get the following message when I try to read from my floppy drive.
"A:\ is not accessible The request could not be performed because of
an I/O device error."
I have Win XP Pro SP2 plus all updates. This error shows up after the
system has been on for several days. If I power off, or restart the
system I can then read from
the floppy drive ok. I have replaced the drive, and the cable.
My hardware is:
Intel D945GNT motherboard
Intel P4 360 3Ghz
160 G SATA Hard drvie(2 80G in Raid 0)
Zip drive
Sony DRU-800A DVD RW
Floppy
USR modem
Any ideas?
Click to expand...

check your bios, it is disabled there..
 
Device Mgr shows floppy as active with no problems. Same for bios.
I have seen some references to INCD causing problems in several different
posts
in other groups. I am going to look into this further.
 
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