Floppy Drive on XP

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John: Both floppy drives work in my old Pentium & W98
computer and neither works in the new Athlon & XP
computer. This makes me wonder if it is a matter of
cleaning the floppy drive. In light of that information,
what do you think ? Still blow out the drive ? hal
 
Thanks to Bob,Curt, Paul,John,Maureen who contributed.
Happy to report that the floppy is working. The 5th (or
was it the 6th) time I reversed the cable attachment to
the floppy drive and checked all connections...... it
worked (and the light) as it should. I note that the
drive now ejects the floppy with much more energy - like
on my other computers. I suspect multiple problems were
finally overcome (with a little luck), but consider that
it was primarily a cabling problem. Thanks again for your
encouragement and input. l
 
You're very welcome :-)
hal said:
Thanks to Bob,Curt, Paul,John,Maureen who contributed.
Happy to report that the floppy is working. The 5th (or
was it the 6th) time I reversed the cable attachment to
the floppy drive and checked all connections...... it
worked (and the light) as it should. I note that the
drive now ejects the floppy with much more energy - like
on my other computers. I suspect multiple problems were
finally overcome (with a little luck), but consider that
it was primarily a cabling problem. Thanks again for your
encouragement and input. l
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