device conflict problem in XP...

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Ron

Hi,

I upgraded my computer from Win98 to WinXP and everything works great with
the exception of one annoying, but not critical problem: my floppy drive
does not work. When I go to the device manager, I see that there is a
conflict problem with my floppy disk controller -- there is 2 of the same
floppy disk controllers enabled. When I disable one of them, there is still
a problem. When I uninstall one of the controllers, my floppy drive will
work great until the computer has to be rebooted. When XP boots back up it
says that it found new hardware and installs another of the same controller
which causes my floppy drive to stop working again. Is there any way to
stop this from happening or will I have to go into my device manager
everytime I boot up my computer and uninstall the extra disk controller? If
anybody can help me out with this little problem I would be very grateful.
 
Thank you for your reply MJ. I tried what you suggested and when Windows
reboots it tells me that it has found and installed new hardware --
'Standard Floppy Disk Controller'. Then a couple of seconds later it comes
back with another 'Windows has found new hardware - Standard Floppy Disk
controller'. It then tells me that my new device may not work properly
because of a conflict or something along those lines. Does anybody have any
other suggestions or should I chalk it up as a lost cause? :)
 
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