BIOS and XP recognize FDD, but it still doesn't work!

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As the title states, I installed the floppy drive, it shows up in the BIOS
and on the startup checklist. There's an "A:" drive in My Computer, and
when I put a disk in, the light on the drive goes on. But when I try to
open or format I get the "Please insert disk (etc). Is this a dud drive or
is there a driver or something I can download? (I tried swapping cables and
that didn't work). Thanks.
 
Gabagimpy said:
As the title states, I installed the floppy drive, it shows up in the BIOS
and on the startup checklist. There's an "A:" drive in My Computer, and
when I put a disk in, the light on the drive goes on. But when I try to
open or format I get the "Please insert disk (etc). Is this a dud drive or
is there a driver or something I can download? (I tried swapping cables and
that didn't work). Thanks.
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You tried swapping the whole cable, or just reversing one end of the cable?
I'm wondering if one end of the floppy cable is reversed. That's easy to
do, and a relatively common error. -Dave
 
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