ninjaeem said:
Every time I start my computer or click on a desktop icon I
get this message.
(The name of the exe File)
There is no disk in drive A:
This message sometimes will never go away even when I click
cancel or close.
I have to keep a blank 3 1/2 disk in the drive at all times
to prevent that message from popping up.
This driver has fixed this problem for me and many others.
The link below is where you get the 3mode driver for the floppy.
http://downloads.viaarena.com/WinXPE/Oct02/XPe_3mflp132_v10.zip And here are
the steps necessary to install it (make sure there isn't afloppy disk in the
drive!): 1. Download driver. 2. Unzip the driver somewhere (I keep all of my
drivers inC:\Drivers\<Driver>, so I extracted it to C:\Drivers\3mode). 3.
Open Windows XP's Device Manager, expand the "Floppy disk
controllers"heading, and double-click the listing for "Standard floppy disk
controller". 4. Click the "Driver" tab, then click the "Update Driver"
button. 5. Select the "Install from a list or specific location" radio
button andclick the "Next" button. 6. Select the "Don't search. I will
choose the driver to install." radiobutton and click the "Next" button. 7.
Click the "Have Disk" button; then, click the "Browse" button. Browse tothe
location that you extracted the files to in step 2 and double click
the"VIA3MFPY.INF" file. Then, click the "OK" button. 8. You should now have
"VIA 3-mode floppy controller" highlighted in thedrivers list. Click the
"Next" button to begin the driver file copy. Oncethe file copy is complete,
your floppy disk drive will access 3 times(checking all 3 "modes"). This is
normal. Click the "Finish" button whenthe driver installation is complete.
9a. You may, or may not, have a device labeled "Unknown Device" in the"Other
Devices" heading in Device Manager. If so, continue with step 9a.If not,
skip to step 9b. If you have a device labeled "Unknown Device" inthe "Other
Devices" heading in Device Manager, right-click on it and select"Update
Driver". Follow steps 5 through 8 to complete the installation of"Floppy
disk drive" (note that the naming of the driver in the drivers listin step 8
may be different during this step - this is normal). Once you'veclicked the
"Finish" button, continue on to step 10. 9b. If you do not have a device
labeled "Unknown Device" in the "OtherDevices" heading in Device Manager,
expand the "Floppy disk drives" headingin Device Manager and double-click
the listing for "Floppy disk drive".Follow steps 4 through 8 to complete the
installation of "Floppy disk drive"(note that the naming of the driver in
the drivers list in step 8 may bedifferent during this step - this is
normal). Once you've clicked the"Finish" button, continue on to step 10.
10. Reboot your PC. This should let you know if all of your hard workREALLY
paid off. Check the Device Manager one last time to be sure that younow
have the "VIA 3-mode floppy controller listed under the "Floppy
diskcontrollers" heading. Put a file on a floppy in Win98 (or another
non-XPOS) and you should now be able to access it in Windows XP (and
vice-versa)without issue. You made it! Pass this
on!-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------Microsoft needs to get this fixed.
